Drug Lord : The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin-A True Story by Terrence E. Poppa ebook DJV, MOBI
9780966443004 English 0966443004 A portrait of Pablo Acosta, the scar-faced Mexican padrino who controlled crime along the 250 miles of the Rio Grande. It traces the drug lord's rise from humble beginnings, his rapid ascension through murder and treachery, his smuggling operations, and his dramatic death., An expose of the connections between crime and government in Mexico, this is the story of Pablo Acosta, the notorious scar-faced Mexican drug lord. Controlling crime along 250 miles of the Rio Grande, he was responsible for creating a narcotics hub in northern Mexico that smuggled 60 tons of cocaine a year into the United States. This book chronicles Pablo Acosta's bloody rise and his spectacular fall at the hands of the same system that had protected him until he made the mistake of talking to a U.S. reporterthe authorabout the arrangement. Also included are details about Pablo Acosta's successor, Amado Carrillo Fuentes., This is a riveting portrait of Pablo Acosta, the scar-faced Mexican padrino who controlled crime along 250 miles of the Rio Grande. It is a linear work that traces the drug lord's rise from humble beginnings, his rapid ascension to power through murder and treachery, his smuggling of sixty tons of cocaine a year into the United States, his struggles to defend his expanding empire against rivals, the betrayals and over-indulgence that fostered his downfall, and his dramatic death at the hands of the same police system that had been giving him protection.
9780966443004 English 0966443004 A portrait of Pablo Acosta, the scar-faced Mexican padrino who controlled crime along the 250 miles of the Rio Grande. It traces the drug lord's rise from humble beginnings, his rapid ascension through murder and treachery, his smuggling operations, and his dramatic death., An expose of the connections between crime and government in Mexico, this is the story of Pablo Acosta, the notorious scar-faced Mexican drug lord. Controlling crime along 250 miles of the Rio Grande, he was responsible for creating a narcotics hub in northern Mexico that smuggled 60 tons of cocaine a year into the United States. This book chronicles Pablo Acosta's bloody rise and his spectacular fall at the hands of the same system that had protected him until he made the mistake of talking to a U.S. reporterthe authorabout the arrangement. Also included are details about Pablo Acosta's successor, Amado Carrillo Fuentes., This is a riveting portrait of Pablo Acosta, the scar-faced Mexican padrino who controlled crime along 250 miles of the Rio Grande. It is a linear work that traces the drug lord's rise from humble beginnings, his rapid ascension to power through murder and treachery, his smuggling of sixty tons of cocaine a year into the United States, his struggles to defend his expanding empire against rivals, the betrayals and over-indulgence that fostered his downfall, and his dramatic death at the hands of the same police system that had been giving him protection.