Since its founding, Quién magazine has been dedicated to investigating the lives and contradictions of public figures. Así en los pinos como en la tierra is a war diary that focused on the publication’s writing and on-the-ground research. In recording the history of its investigations of the Peña, Calderón, Fox, Zedillo, Salinas de Gortari, López Portillo, and Díaz Ordaz families, the authors build a probing portrait of Mexican politicians and their relationship with the media and the public.