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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers (2010)

by Anabel Hernandez(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1781680736 (ISBN13: 9781781680735)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

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review 1: This remarkable book almost reads like the reporter's notebooks on which it is presumably based. At first the disjointed story, which jumps from the present day, to the 1990s, and back again, is confusing and disconcerting. Gradually, though, the forensic detail becomes fascinating and draws you in, as you learn more and more about how 'El Chapo' Guzman built his drugs empire and, even more importantly, how he built and maintained his corrupt links to government so that his position was strengthened and protected. Central to this achievement was Garcia Luna, the Mexican police chief, who is shown to have been aware in advance of El Chapo's planned escape from prison and to have helped him hunt down and eliminate his enemies in other cartels. Not surprisingly, it is Garcia ... moreLuna who is believed to be behind the threats to the author's life, including the incident in which armed men surrounded her and her family in a restaurant and warned her to desist from her writing.Anabel Hernandez has dedicated her life to exposing the corruption in Mexico, let's hope she doesn't have to sacrifice it.
review 2: An incredibly powerful book that exposes the corruption that exists at the heart of the Mexican government. Anabel Hernandez has faced terrible death threats and lives in constant fear, yet despite this, she is committed to revealing the truth behind the 'drug war' in Mexico. This book shows that the government are in fact complicit with the drug cartels, and the two could not exist without each other! A shocking but must-read for anyone who wants to know the true human cost of drug consumption. less

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