Publicado por Bloomsbury Circus, London England, 2016
ISBN 10: 1408846055 ISBN 13: 9781408846056
Librería: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Reino Unido
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 3rd Impression. Softcover 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 these new masters of death? What personal qualities and life experiences have made them into such bloodthirsty leaders of men? What do they represent and stand for? What has happened in the Americas to allow them to grow and flourish? Author of the critically acclaimed El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, Ioan Grillo has covered Latin America since 2001, and gained access to every level of the cartel chain-of-command in what he calls the new battlefields of the Americas. Moving between militia-controlled ghettos and the halls of top policy-makers, Grillo provides a new and disturbing understanding of a war that has spiralled out of control - one that people across the political spectrum need to confront now. Gangster Warlords is the first definitive account of the crime wars now wracking Central and South America and the light crease to cover and shelfwear.
Publicado por Bloomsbury Circus, London , England, 2018
ISBN 10: 140889257X ISBN 13: 9781408892572
Librería: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Fine Book & Jacket, Signed by 2 time National Book Award Winner, 1st ed UK 1st pt, in a protective cover. Signed by Author(s).