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Title: Drug Lord, the Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin by Terrence E. Poppa, Peter Lupsha ISBN: 0-9664430-0-4 Publisher: Demand Publications Pub. Date: 23 February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Note worthy book
Comment: I felt like I was reading fiction, it is hard to belive this is real life for these people. Mexican drug lord, Pablo Acosta, is a fascinating character, ruthless and violent but still only a pawn in the drug wars. the real show is run by the highest levels of the Mexico's ruling party including possibly former President Carlos Salinas de Gortar. The book illustrates how difficult it will be for Mexico to get its social and economic house in order as long as the PRI is in power.
I also recomend: "A Touirist in the Yucatan" for a fictionalized account of the drug wars.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fascinating look at the Mexican drug cartel
Comment: Drug Lord is a pleasure to read even though its message is quite disturbing. Terrence Pappa's journalistic talents are obvious; by focusing primarily on the biography of the Mexican drug lord, Pablo Acosta, rather than directly on the issue of drug smuggling, he immediately engages the reader's interest. Acosta is a fascinating character, reminiscent in some ways of Chicago's Al Capone. However, there is one huge difference: Pappa provides convincing evidence that even most powerful drug lords, such as Acosta, are only pawns in a drug trade that involves the highest levels of the Mexico's ruling party including the brother of the former President and possibly even former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, himself. The rampant corruption in the PRI - the political party that has ruled Mexico over 70 years - illustrates how difficult it will be for Mexico to get its social and economic house in order. This means that we can expect the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs (and they are related) will end no time soon.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent
Comment: Great story that exposes the ugly corrupt symbiotic elationship between the mexican drug dealers and the corrupt police and army officials. It also carefullly documents the inevitable, reccurring results...Still, with all the access to Pablo Agosta you still feel you really don't know him -perhaps there really wasn't any 'there' there--it was all about power and getting high,and killing the opposition.. There are no heroes in this story, just a grim reality which leads you to the conclusion that the more things supposedly change, the more they remain the same---no solutions offered for that part of the mexican/ american economy living on fumes. . . Oddly enough,legalization (with appropriate controls/education/treament) might offer a long term solution-these stories will inevitably get worse, more violent, and corrupt the very institutions created to suppress the drug lords GOOD Story that should have been told long ago The end was foretold early in the book so there is little suspense at the end--not great writing, but great story
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Title: Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden ISBN: 0142000957 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Drug Smuggling : The Forbidden Book by K. Hawkeye Gross ISBN: 0873646851 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire by Mark Bowden ISBN: 0802137571 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 30 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Dirty Dealing: Drug Smuggling on the Mexican Border & the Assassination of a Federal Judge: An American Parable by Gary Cartwright ISBN: 0938317350 Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All by Bruce Porter ISBN: 0312267126 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 21 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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