El Narco - Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency (Paperback)

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 in the past decade.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Authors:	Ioan Grillo
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	327
ISBN-13:	978-1-60819-401-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-60819-401-9
Barcode:	9781608194018

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