{"product_id":"el-narco-inside-mexicos-criminal-insurgency-1","title":"El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEl Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eIoan Grillo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781608194018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBloomsbury Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Essential reading.\"-Steve Coll, NewYorker.com\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA gripping, sobering account of how Mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nation's democracy and reaches across to the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering storefronts; headless corpses heaped in town squares. And it is all because a few Americans are getting high. Or is it part of a worldwide shadow economy that threatens Mexico's democracy? The United States throws Black Hawk helicopters, DEA assistance, and lots of money at the problem. But in secret, Washington is at a loss. Who are these mysterious figures who threaten Mexico's democracy? What is El Narco? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEl Narco is not a gang; it is a movement and an industry drawing in hundreds of thousands, from bullet-riddled barrios to marijuana-covered mountains. The conflict spawned by El Narco has given rise to paramilitary death squads battling from Guatemala to the Texas border (and sometimes beyond). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"propulsive ... high-octane\" book (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), Ioan Grillo draws the first definitive portrait of Mexico's cartels and how they have radically transformed.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency | Ioan Grillo | Paperback | 9781608194018 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788608","offer_id":50930998509826,"sku":"1788608","price":28.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91F6ZE2VigL.jpg?v=1793497853","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/el-narco-inside-mexicos-criminal-insurgency-1","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}