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- A new and updated edition of Malcolm Beith's thrilling inside-account of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's notorious Sinaloa drug cartel.Until 2016, the dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, were home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
- Author(s): Malcolm Beith
- 304 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Criminals & Outlaws
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A new and updated edition of Malcolm Beith's thrilling inside-account of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's notorious Sinaloa drug cartel.
Until 2016, the dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, were home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Guzman was among the word's ten most wanted men and appeared on Forbes magazine's billionaire list. With his massive wealth, his army of professional killers, and a network of informants that reached into the highest levels of government, catching Guzman was considered impossible - until it wasn't.
Newsweek correspondent Malcolm Beith has spent years reporting on the drug wars and followed the chase with full access to senior officials and exclusive interviews with soldiers and drug traffickers in the region, including members of Guzman's cartel. Newly updated with Beith's gripping account of the trial that put Guzman away for life, The Last Narco is essential reading about one of the most dramatic news stories of our day - a true-crime thriller happening in real-time.
Review Quotes
Praise for The Last Narco:
"Malcolm Beith gives clarity and light to an area almost impossible to decode." -Eduardo Medina-Mora, former Attorney General of Mexico
"Brave and honest ... as reliable a guide as you are likely to get to the cross-currents of the drug war." -Economist
"Courageous, gritty, and gripping." -Publishers Weekly
"A deeply sourced, widely-reported and profoundly, disturbing saga of an entire nation at war with itself." -Nicholas Shou, journalist and author of Kill the Messenger
"A startlin account of a desperate problem boiling on and spilling over the border." -Kirkus Reviews