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Narcoland : the Mexican drug lords and their godfathers / Anabel Hernández ; foreword by Roberto Saviano ; translated by Iain Bruce with Lorna Scott Fox.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2013Edition: Updated paperback editionDescription: xii, 392 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781781682968
  • 1781682968
Uniform titles:
  • Señores del narco. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.450972
LOC classification:
  • HV 5840 H557n 2014
Contents:
Forward by Roberto Saviano Introduction A Poor Devil Life or Death A Perverse Pact Raising Crows El Chapo's Protectors The Lord of Puente Grande The Great Escape Blood Ties Narco Wars Freedom Is Priceless The President of Death El Chapo, Face to Face
Summary: Explosive, best-selling account of Mexico’s drug cartels and the government-business nexus that enables them. The product of five years’ investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to its author, Anabel Hernández, Narcoland has been a publishing and political sensation in Mexico. The definitive history of the drug cartels, Narcoland takes readers to the front lines of the “war on drugs,” which has so far cost more than 60,000 lives in just six years. Hernández explains in riveting detail how Mexico became a base for the mega-cartels of Latin America and one of the most violent places on the planet. At every turn, Hernández names names – not just the narcos, but also the politicians, functionaries, judges and entrepreneurs who have collaborated with them. In doing so, she reveals the mind-boggling depth of corruption in Mexico’s government and business elite. Hernández became a journalist after her father was kidnapped and killed and the police refused to investigate without a bribe. She gained national prominence in 2001 with her exposure of excess and misconduct at the presidential palace, and previous books have focused on criminality at the summit of power, under presidents Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón. In awarding Hernández the 2012 Golden Pen of Freedom, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers noted, “Mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with violence and impunity remaining major challenges in terms of press freedom. In making this award, we recognize the strong stance Ms. Hernández has taken, at great personal risk, against drug cartels.” This updated edition includes a new chapter detailing the arrest of “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, whose incredible escape from his previous incarceration was exposed as an inside job by this book.
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"First published in English by Verso 2013 ... First published as Los señores del narco © Grijalbo 2010" -- verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index.

Forward by Roberto Saviano
Introduction
A Poor Devil
Life or Death
A Perverse Pact
Raising Crows
El Chapo's Protectors
The Lord of Puente Grande
The Great Escape
Blood Ties
Narco Wars
Freedom Is Priceless
The President of Death
El Chapo, Face to Face

Explosive, best-selling account of Mexico’s drug cartels and the government-business nexus that enables them. The product of five years’ investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to its author, Anabel Hernández, Narcoland has been a publishing and political sensation in Mexico. The definitive history of the drug cartels, Narcoland takes readers to the front lines of the “war on drugs,” which has so far cost more than 60,000 lives in just six years. Hernández explains in riveting detail how Mexico became a base for the mega-cartels of Latin America and one of the most violent places on the planet. At every turn, Hernández names names – not just the narcos, but also the politicians, functionaries, judges and entrepreneurs who have collaborated with them. In doing so, she reveals the mind-boggling depth of corruption in Mexico’s government and business elite. Hernández became a journalist after her father was kidnapped and killed and the police refused to investigate without a bribe. She gained national prominence in 2001 with her exposure of excess and misconduct at the presidential palace, and previous books have focused on criminality at the summit of power, under presidents Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón. In awarding Hernández the 2012 Golden Pen of Freedom, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers noted, “Mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with violence and impunity remaining major challenges in terms of press freedom. In making this award, we recognize the strong stance Ms. Hernández has taken, at great personal risk, against drug cartels.” This updated edition includes a new chapter detailing the arrest of “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, whose incredible escape from his previous incarceration was exposed as an inside job by this book.

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