Anabel Hernandez's 'Narcoland' Is a Definitive Work on Cartel History Dorothy Burk Vasquez - PopMatters
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Narcoland: Journalist Braves Death Threats to Reveal Ties Between Mexican Government & Drug Cartels (democracynow)

Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by Anabel Hernandez, Roberto Saviano Check it out on Amazon.com

Since 2006, more than 80,000 people have been killed in Mexico’s drug war. The majority of these deaths fall under the presidency of Felipe Calderón, who is set to leave office in December 2013. What Anabel Hernández uncovers in Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers is a complicated genealogy of Mexico’s drug war that recreates the events and trends that have led to one of longest, bloodiest conflicts in the last century. Alternating between strict examination of evidence and savvy interviews with informants, Hernández’s is a definitive work on cartel history.

At the outset of Narcoland, we meet infamous cartel boss Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Leora, better known as El Chapo. Head of the Sinaloa cartel, Guzmán is more than just another gangster. Forbes magazine named him the world’s most powerful drug trafficker in 2012, calling him the “CEO of the Sinaloa cartel”. A consummate journalist, Hernández wants to know more than just how El Chapo runs business. She devotes her resources to understanding how he can run business in a country that is purportedly conducting a massive war against drugs and drug cartels.

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