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Ioan Grillo - Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America - 9781408845912 - V9781408845912
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Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America

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Description for Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America Paperback. .
In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a crystal meth maker is venerated as a saint while imposing Old Testament justice on his enemies. A new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns and humans. Who are ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408845912
SKU
V9781408845912
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Ioan Grillo
Ioan Grillo has reported on Latin America since 2001 for international media including TIME magazine, Reuters, CNN, the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, the Houston Chronicle, CBC, and the Sunday Telegraph. His first book, El Narco, was translated into five languages and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Born and educated in the UK, Grillo lives in ... Read more

Reviews for Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America
Grillo's investigations into the cokehead brokers, dealers and professional killers who manage the supply and demand of cocaine involves him in a degree of danger ... An absorbing work of reportage
Daily Telegraph
Grillo is a breathtakingly intrepid reporter, diving in where police fear to tread, seeking out men who wouldn't hesitate to kill him ... A grim, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America


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