The Last Narco by Malcolm Beith

The Last Narco by Malcolm Beith

Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, or oppose him.

It's Pablo Escobar all over again -- Ralph Reyes * DEA Chief of Enforcement Operations *
Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of El Chapo, the notorious drug capoA novelist could not have presented a more intriguing or compelling tale of corruption, intimidation, murder, blood feuds, life-and-death negotiations, and the entrepreneurial skill of a near-mythic figure. Superb -- Professor George W. Grayson
A brave and terrific headlong trek into the dangerous terrain of drug trafficking -- Sam Quinones * Los Angeles Times *
Gracefully captures the heroic struggle of those who dare to stand up to the cartels, and the ways those cartels have tragically corrupted every aspect of Mexican law enforcement -- Laura Bickford * Producer, 'Traffic' *

Malcolm Beith is a writer based in Mexico City, covering the drug war for Newsweek. Between 2007 and 2009, he was the Mexico editor of The News, Mexico's national English-language daily. Prior to moving to Mexico in 2007 he was an editor at Newsweek International, based in New York, and reported regularly from conflict zones in Iraq, Haiti and Colombia.

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ISBN 13	9780141048390
ISBN 10	0141048395
Title	The Last Narco
Author	Malcolm Beith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2010-09-02
Number of pages	304
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