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It's Pablo Escobar all over again (Ralph Reyes DEA Chief of Enforcement Operations )
A brave and terrific headlong trek into the dangerous terrain of drug trafficking (Sam Quinones Los Angeles Times )
Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of El Chapo, the notorious drug capo. A novelist could not have presented a more intriguing or compelling tale of corruption, intimidation, murder, blood feuds, life-and-death negotiations, and the entrepreneurial skill of a near-mythic figure. Superb (Professor George W. Grayson )
Gracefully captures the heroic struggle of those who dare to stand up to the cartels, and the ways those cartels have tragically corrupted every aspect of Mexican law enforcement (Laura Bickford Producer, 'Traffic' )
A brave and terrific headlong trek into the dangerous terrain of drug trafficking (Sam Quinones Los Angeles Times )
Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of El Chapo, the notorious drug capo. A novelist could not have presented a more intriguing or compelling tale of corruption, intimidation, murder, blood feuds, life-and-death negotiations, and the entrepreneurial skill of a near-mythic figure. Superb (Professor George W. Grayson )
Gracefully captures the heroic struggle of those who dare to stand up to the cartels, and the ways those cartels have tragically corrupted every aspect of Mexican law enforcement (Laura Bickford Producer, 'Traffic' )
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Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.'
Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, or oppose him. El Chapo is the world's most wanted drug lord, at large since he escaped from prison in 2001 after bribing guards to wheel him out in a laundry cart. His cartel moves thousands of tons of cocaine, marijuana and heroine into the US each year using tunnels, planes and submarines. He has made an estimated $20 billion, and appeared on Forbes magazine's Global Power List in 2009. He bribes or kills politicians, police, soldiers and those who betray him. He's hailed by locals as a folk hero. But the net is closing. Who will make the final move? There is no bigger crime story today, worldwide, than the Mexican drug war and the hunt for El Chapo. The Last Narco traces his life and the struggle to bring him to justice, through reportage and interviews with rival narcos, police and DEA sources. This is a non-fiction thriller to match Mark Bowden's Killing Pablo and Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah. It also tells a wider story: the brutal war between the cartels, the endemic state corruption and the US complicity in a conflict that is killing more people than Iraq.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I would put this up there with Misha Glenny's brilliant "McMafia" and John Pearson's "Profession of violence" as one of the best true crime books yet produced. It is most definitely NOT one of those blokey "all good boys really" books that quite frankly glorify violence, and are much beloved of "Essex boys" and the rest of the FHM set. No, this is a book that investigates gang culture in Mexico on the macro and micro economic scale. It describes the various loyalties that are demanded and yet so readily put aside if the price is right. Yes there is violence, explicitly described on occasion, but it is in keeping with the times and environment. It is mindless on occasion but justified in the gangmembers mind by pride and misplaced dreams of getting rich. It is also driven by fear as extortion appears to be the main economic driver in many areas of Mexico today. It is all eerily fascinating and quite frankly gripping.
With some of the gang kingpins recently being arrested with much media fanfare it remains to be seen whether or not by cutting the heads of these particular snakes they will eventually die. After reading this book I wouldn't bet on it.
With some of the gang kingpins recently being arrested with much media fanfare it remains to be seen whether or not by cutting the heads of these particular snakes they will eventually die. After reading this book I wouldn't bet on it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"The Last Narco gracefully captures the heroic struggle of those who dare to stand up to the cartels, and the ways those cartels have tragically corrupted every aspect of Mexican law enforcement." - Laura Bickford, producer, Traffic
"Brave and honest... as reliable a guide as you are likely to get to the cross-currents of the drug war."
- The Economist
"A virtual nonstop chase." -- The Albuquerque Journal
"The Last Narco is a brave and terrific headlong journalistic trek into the dangerous, and immensely relevant, terrain of drug trafficking in Mexico, and the life and times of its foremost practitioner."
- Sam Quinones, author of True Tales from Another Mexico
"Malcolm Beith slaps our faces with our ignorance. We barely know Mexico, and understand even less of its major industry, drugs. In The Last Narco, he gives us a look into a place our government either denies or lies about. This time you can run, but you can't hide." - Charles Bowden, author of Murder City
"No `war on terror' was ever as terrifying as the ferocious wars of the drug lords in Mexico. In The Last Narco, Malcolm Beith courageously takes us to the front lines in the heart of the Mexican badlands--and also right on the border of the United States. This is a threat to homeland security that is too often ignored by the press and public, and this is the book that brings it all into focus. A must read." - Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force--the NYPD
"Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of Joaquín `El Chapo' Guzmán Loera, Mexico's notorious drug capo. A novelist could not have presented a more intriguing or compelling tale of corruption, intimidation, murder, blood feuds, life-and-death negotiations, and the entrepreneurial skill of a near-mythic figure whom Forbes Magazine named one of the world's richest men. Beith's superb book corroborates the cliché that fact is stranger than fiction." - George W. Grayson, professor of government at the College of William & Mary and the author of Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?
"An excellent look at [Mexico's] monstrous cartels...[Beith] is a journalist first: his opinions are, for the most part, kept to himself. [He] tracks Guzmán's career - his loves, his rivals, his victims - from the early days... Beith's book ends with an open ellipsis, as El Chapo remains on the run. The only real fault is the title, because the chance that El Chapo is indeed `the last narco' seems little more than wishful thinking." - London Literary Review
"[The Last Narco] doesn't leave out one key moment in the life of this criminal." - Excelsior (Mexican newspaper)
"A startling account of a desperate problem boiling on and spilling over the border." - Kirkus Reviews
"Constantly gripping... its tales of cat-and-mouse games with authority provide eye-popping anecdotes on almost every page. It's like Scarface but really, really depressing - what's not to like?" - Word Magazine, UK
"A fascinating read... an on-the-ground perspective of the issues involved." - Andrew Selee, Woodrow Wilson Mexico Institute
"Brave and honest... as reliable a guide as you are likely to get to the cross-currents of the drug war."
- The Economist
"A virtual nonstop chase." -- The Albuquerque Journal
"The Last Narco is a brave and terrific headlong journalistic trek into the dangerous, and immensely relevant, terrain of drug trafficking in Mexico, and the life and times of its foremost practitioner."
- Sam Quinones, author of True Tales from Another Mexico
"Malcolm Beith slaps our faces with our ignorance. We barely know Mexico, and understand even less of its major industry, drugs. In The Last Narco, he gives us a look into a place our government either denies or lies about. This time you can run, but you can't hide." - Charles Bowden, author of Murder City
"No `war on terror' was ever as terrifying as the ferocious wars of the drug lords in Mexico. In The Last Narco, Malcolm Beith courageously takes us to the front lines in the heart of the Mexican badlands--and also right on the border of the United States. This is a threat to homeland security that is too often ignored by the press and public, and this is the book that brings it all into focus. A must read." - Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force--the NYPD
"Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of Joaquín `El Chapo' Guzmán Loera, Mexico's notorious drug capo. A novelist could not have presented a more intriguing or compelling tale of corruption, intimidation, murder, blood feuds, life-and-death negotiations, and the entrepreneurial skill of a near-mythic figure whom Forbes Magazine named one of the world's richest men. Beith's superb book corroborates the cliché that fact is stranger than fiction." - George W. Grayson, professor of government at the College of William & Mary and the author of Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?
"An excellent look at [Mexico's] monstrous cartels...[Beith] is a journalist first: his opinions are, for the most part, kept to himself. [He] tracks Guzmán's career - his loves, his rivals, his victims - from the early days... Beith's book ends with an open ellipsis, as El Chapo remains on the run. The only real fault is the title, because the chance that El Chapo is indeed `the last narco' seems little more than wishful thinking." - London Literary Review
"[The Last Narco] doesn't leave out one key moment in the life of this criminal." - Excelsior (Mexican newspaper)
"A startling account of a desperate problem boiling on and spilling over the border." - Kirkus Reviews
"Constantly gripping... its tales of cat-and-mouse games with authority provide eye-popping anecdotes on almost every page. It's like Scarface but really, really depressing - what's not to like?" - Word Magazine, UK
"A fascinating read... an on-the-ground perspective of the issues involved." - Andrew Selee, Woodrow Wilson Mexico Institute
Format:Kindle Edition
I found this quite hard to review. It has some excellent information in there and there are some good stories, but it just seemed to be a bit too much of the 'same old scene' all the way through. Can't say I didn't enjoy the read, but can't rate it higher than a 3. If true crime is your thing, and you've read lots of books like this, then you'll learn very little. However, if you want to understand something about the Mexican drug world, then there are certainly worse books than this to start with.
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