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The story of two American teens recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and their pursuit by a Mexican-American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unwinnable.
What it like to be an employee of a global drug-trafficking organization? In the border town of Laredo, Texas, Gabriel and his friend Bart abandon promising futures for the allure of the Zetas, a drug cartel with roots in the Mexican military. Mexican-born Detective Robert Garcia...
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HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Español
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Dinero, drogas y cárteles: eso es lo que el novato agente del FBI esperaba tener cuando lo enviaron al pueblo fronterizo de Laredo; pero en cambio, se encontró con una tarea sedentaria, redactando reportes de inteligencia acerca de la guerra contra el narcotráfico. Hasta que, un día, le piden a Lawson que chequee una pista anónima: un caballo que se vendió en una subasta en Oklahoma por un precio mucho más elevado de lo usual, y el comprador...
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Español
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Sin duda, Los Zetas es uno de los grupos más poderosos y sanguinarios del narcotráfico en México. Este libro documenta puntualmente su historia y las complejas redes que lo conforman. Al investigar las particularidades de lo que se podría denominar el "enigma Z", Diego Osorno advierte los riesgos que corre el país en los años venideros ante un potencial crecimiento desmedido de esta organización criminal.
Traces the rise of the drug cartel...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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Drugs, money, cartels: this is what FBI rookie Scott Lawson expected when he was sent to the border town of Laredo, but instead he's deskbound writing intelligence reports about the drug war. Then, one day, Lawson is asked to check out an anonymous tip: a horse was sold at an Oklahoma auction house for a record-topping price, and the buyer was Miguel Trevino, one of the leaders of the Zetas, Mexico's most brutal drug cartel. The source suggested that...
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One World, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border-- and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy. José Treviño was a devoted family man working as a bricklayer in Texas. Back in Mexico, his younger brother Miguel was ascending to the top ranks of Los Zetas, a notoriously bloody drug cartel. One day José showed up at a quarter-horse auction and bid close to a million dollars...
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"When a Senator's daughter is kidnapped by a mysterious group with ties to the supernatural . . . it's clearly a job for SEAL TEAM 666. As Triple Six gets involved, they discover links to the Zeta Cartel, a newly discovered temple beneath Mexico City, and a group known as Followers of the Flayed One. International politics, cross-border narco-terrorism, and an insidious force operating inside the team soon threaten to derail the mission. Forced to...
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[Ediciones] B
Pub. Date
2013.
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Español
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"La fracasada guerra contra el narcotráfico en México ha arrojado más de cien mil muertos y alrededor de treinta mil desaparecidos, y los cárteles no han hecho más que fortalecerse. Muestra de ello son las actividades del grupo mafioso más sanguinario y el segundo más poderoso de todos, apenas detrás del cartel de Sinaloa: Los Zetas. Su historia comenzó en los años noventa, cuanto el Estado mexicano seleccionó a un grupo de militares de...
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Ediciones B México, S.A. de C.V
Pub. Date
2016.
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Español
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Una intensa crónica que relata la vida de dos adolescentes mexicano-americanos que son reclutados para ser sicarios de la Zetas. Gabriel Cardona y Rsalio Reta crecen en Laredo, Texas, en ambientes llenos de violencia. Ante la falta de oportunidades, se unen a las filas de una de las organizaciones criminales más peligrosas y sádicas de la actualidad. Mientras tanto, Robert García, un detective de la DEA, se didica en cuerpo y alma a combatir el...
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University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government's response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes, including the recent passage of energy reform. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization. Going beyond previous studies of the group as a drug trafficking organization, she...
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