El Narco El Narco

El Narco

Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency

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Publisher Description

"Essential reading."-Steve Coll, NewYorker.com



A gripping, sobering account of how Mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nation's democracy and reaches across to the United States.



The world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering storefronts; headless corpses heaped in town squares. And it is all because a few Americans are getting high. Or is it part of a worldwide shadow economy that threatens Mexico's democracy? The United States throws Black Hawk helicopters, DEA assistance, and lots of money at the problem. But in secret, Washington is at a loss. Who are these mysterious figures who threaten Mexico's democracy? What is El Narco?



El Narco is not a gang; it is a movement and an industry drawing in hundreds of thousands, from bullet-riddled barrios to marijuana-covered mountains. The conflict spawned by El Narco has given rise to paramilitary death squads battling from Guatemala to the Texas border (and sometimes beyond).



In this "propulsive ... high-octane" book (Publishers Weekly), Ioan Grillo draws the first definitive portrait of Mexico's cartels and how they have radically transformed.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2011
November 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Bloomsbury Press
SELLER
Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH
SIZE
3.1
MB

Customer Reviews

BirdoWorky ,

Eye Opening

This was a crazy book to read. I knew that the drug war in Mexico was bad and all, but I had no idea of the inner workings. Some of the ideas presented here are interesting as well. Something has to give, and hopefully there will be some sort of peace soon. Overall I recommend this book to anyone hoping to get a true and inside look into the drug trafficking world.

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