Name: Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers
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Author: Roberto Saviano
ISBN: 9781781682968

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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers

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Physical Book

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Publisher

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781781682968

Synopsis "Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers "

Narcoland describes a disastrous 'war on drugs' that has led to more than 80,000 deaths in half a dozen years. This is a book that exposes how everything in Mexico is implicated in the 'narco system.' Anabel Hernandez, journalist and author, accuses the Mexican state of complicity with the cartels, and says the 'war on drugs' is a sham. She's had headless animals left at her door and her family have been threatened by gunmen. Narcoland became, and remains, a bestseller: more than 100,000 copies sold in Mexico. The success is impossible to overstate, a staggering figure for a non-fiction book in a country with indices of income and literacy incomparable to the American-European book-buying market.,The most remarkable feature of Anabel Hernandez's brave and invaluable account of Mexico's blood-drenched drug wars is that she survived long enough to write it. We would all be poorer without Hernandez's determination to account for a civil conflict that has cost at least 60,000 lives. There could be no greater shame for Mexico should such a fearless and dedicated reporter come to any harm. Narcoland, with its explosive descriptions of decades of corruption permeating the upper echelons of government, leaves an extremely bad taste in the reader's mouth about the state of Mexico's perennially corrupt institutions - and begs the question: how much has changed? For Narcoland, Anabel Hernandez spent five years combing police, court and US papers, securing access to informers and sources and pursuing often fruitless requests for official files. The result is a searing indictment of a war on drugs she believes was a sham from the start.The stark truth of a sham 'war'...A product of five years' investigative reporting, Hernandez's meticulously researched explanation of the links between the Sinaloa cartel, the world's biggest criminal organisation, and Mexico's leadership makes for jaw-dropping reading.,In this brave work, the author argues that since the presidency of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz (1964 - 1970), all of Mexico's rulers have maintained close relations with groups that import, export, and sell illegal drugs. Indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand the origins of the violence ...An extraordinary book for making the necessary journey to our heart of darkness.

Anabel Hernandez

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Anabel Hernández (Mexico City, 1971) is a prominent Mexican investigative journalist, known for her bravery in exposing issues such as drug trafficking, corruption, and human rights violations. With more than three decades of career, she has unraveled the complex networks between organized crime and political power in Mexico. Among her most influential works are Los señores del narco (2010), La verdadera noche de Iguala (2016), and El traidor (2019). Her most recent book, La Historia Secreta: AMLO y el Cártel de Sinaloa (2024), has sparked intense debate by exploring the alleged connections between the current government and drug trafficking

Throughout her career, she has received numerous accolades, such as the National Journalism Award (2001), the Golden Pen of Freedom (2012), and the Legion of Honor from France (2017). In 2019, she was awarded the Freedom of Expression Prize by the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Her work, characterized by its rigor and commitment, continues to be an international benchmark in the fight for justice and transparency.

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Roberto Saviano

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Roberto Saviano (Nápoles, 1979) es el autor, entre otros, de Gomorra (2006), que ha sido traducido en más de cincuenta países y ha vendido diez millones de ejemplares en Italia y en el mundo. Colabora con La Repubblica y L’Espresso, The Washington Post, The New York Times, El País, Die Zeit, Expressen, Dagens Nyheter y The Times. Por su actividad como escritor y por su compromiso cívico, le han sido concedidos el Premio Viareggio Opera Prima, el Premio Nazionale Enzo Biagi, el Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, el Premio Periodístico de Leipzig, el Premio Manuel Vázquez Montalbán y el European Book Prize. Desde 2006 vive con escolta, debido a las amenazas de los clanes a los que denunció. En 2008 diversos galardonados con el Nobel se solidarizaron con Saviano, y estuvo en la sede de la Academia Sueca para pronunciar un discurso sobre la libertad de expresión. En palabras de Mario Vargas Llosa: «Debemos agradecer a Roberto Saviano que haya devuelto a la literatura la capacidad de abrir los ojos y la conciencia». En Anagrama ha publicado Vente conmigo: «Crónicas excelentemente engarzadas… Es menos ruidoso que Gomorra, pero tiene más “cerebro” y más profundidad» (Félix Soria, La Voz de Galicia), CeroCeroCero: «Uno de los periodistas más interesantes y lúcidos del momento… ¡Qué tristeza da este libro fino y brillante y bien hecho, como un estilete!» (Gregorio Morán, La Vanguardia), La banda de los niños: «Una novela solvente, emotiva y creíble que muestra la putrefacción moral de una sociedad» (Rafael Narbona, El Cultural), Beso feroz: «Un retrato muy crudo de la Camorra… ¡Bendito Saviano!» (Ángeles López, La Razón), Los valientes están solos: «Un homenaje a la memoria del magistrado tratando de reconstruir uno a uno los pasos de un hombre que nunca quiso ser un icono, sino hacer justicia» (Soraya Melguizo, La Razón), y Grita: «Un llamamiento al coraje civil» (Oliver Meiler, Süddeutsche Zeitung).

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