![](https://rarewaves.blob.core.windows.net/rarewaves-images/2ebhen5.jpg) Further Details
Title: El Narco Condition: New Subtitle: The Bloody Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels Author: Ioan Grillo Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1408889463 EAN: 9781408889466 ISBN: 9781408889466 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Genre: Biography Release Date: 26/01/2017 Description: 'War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade, the body count- 23,000 dead in five years - and sheer horror beggar the imagination of journalistic witnesses. Cartel gunmen have shot up schools and rehabilitation centers, and murdered the entire families of those who defy them. Reformers and law enforcement officials have been gunned down within hours of taking office. Headless corpses are dumped on streets to intimidate rivals, and severed heads are rolled onto dancefloors as messages to would-be opponents. And the war is creeping northward.El Narco is the story of the ultraviolent criminal organizations that have turned huge areas of Mexico into a combat zone. It is a piercing portrait of a drug trade that turns ordinary men into mass murderers, as well as a diagnosis of what drives the cartels and what gives them such power. Veteran Mexico correspondent Ioan Grillo traces the gangs from their origins as smugglers to their present status as criminal empires. The narco cartels are a threat to the Mexican government, and their violence has now reached as far as North Carolina.El Narco is required reading for anyone concerned about one of the most important news stories of the decade. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Weight: 264g Release Year: 2017
Missing Information?
Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing. |