The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord [NOOK Book]

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Overview

The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, are home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman is among the world’s ten most wanted men and also appeared on Forbes magazine’s 2009 billionaire list. With his massive wealth, his army of professional killers, and a network of informants that reaches into the highest levels of government, catching Guzman was considered impossible—until now. Newly isolated by infighting amongst the cartels, and with Mexican and DEA authorities closing in, El Chapo is vulnerable as never before. Newsweek correspondent Malcolm Beith has spent years reporting on the drug wars and follows the chase with full access to senior officials and exclusive interviews
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Overview

The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, are home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman is among the world’s ten most wanted men and also appeared on Forbes magazine’s 2009 billionaire list. With his massive wealth, his army of professional killers, and a network of informants that reaches into the highest levels of government, catching Guzman was considered impossible—until now. Newly isolated by infighting amongst the cartels, and with Mexican and DEA authorities closing in, El Chapo is vulnerable as never before. Newsweek correspondent Malcolm Beith has spent years reporting on the drug wars and follows 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. The Last Narco combines fearless reporting with the story of El Chapo’s legendary rise from a poor farming family to the “capo” of the world’s largest drug empire. The Last Narco is essential reading about one of the most pressing and dramatic stories in the news today—a true crime thriller happening in real time.

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Publishers Weekly
Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (a.k.a. El Chapo) is a legend in Mexican drug lore with a reputation as a charming, dangerous vice lord who effectively ran his operation at the peak of the violent drug battles over a decade. Using secret Mexican and American government records and interviews with officials, drug traffickers, and members of El Chapo's cartel, Beith, a journalist covering the Mexican drug war for Newsweek, provides an in-your-face account of the poor peasant boy who rose to become the most feared and ruthless of the drug lords, flaunting his wealth and power while eluding capture from a massive manhunt. Even when El Chapo's capture was announced, officials knew he would escape--and he did, returning to the mountains where troops couldn't touch him. Courageous, gritty, and gripping. (Sept.)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780802196224
  • Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 9/7/2010
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 368
  • Sales rank: 56,385
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Malcolm Beith is a writer based in Mexico City. He has covered the drug war for Newsweek, and has contributed to Foreign Policy, World Politics Review and Jane's Intelligence Weekly. He has also reported from Iraq, Haiti, and Colombia.

Table of Contents

The Narcos ix

Glossary of Terms xiii

Prologe xv

1 The Great Escape 1

2 The Blame Game 20

3 From Gomeros to Gods 25

4 The Godfather 40

5 Chapo's Rise 56

6 "Breaking the Neck of Destiny's 80

7 The General 91

8 The War 102

9 Land Grab 117

10 Law, Disorder 123

11 The End of the Alliance 139

12 The Ghost 151

13 The New Wave 159

14 United States of Fear 175

15 Sinaloa Inc. 185

16 The End Game 196

Postscript 214

Afterword 221

Sources 229

Index 265

Acknowledgements 271

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