The Last Narco: Updated and Revised - Softcover

Beith, Malcolm

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Synopsis

A new and updated edition of Malcolm Beith's thrilling inside-account of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's notorious Sinaloa drug cartel.

"Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Loera, Mexico's notorious drug capo." —George W. Grayson, author of Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?

Until 2016, the dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, were home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Guzman was among the word's ten most wanted men and appeared on Forbes magazine's billionaire list. With his massive wealth, his army of professional killers, and a network of informants that reached into the highest levels of government, catching Guzman was considered impossible - until it wasn't.

Newsweek correspondent Malcolm Beith has spent years reporting on the drug wars and followed the chase with full access to senior officials and exclusive interviews with soldiers and drug traffickers in the region, including members of Guzman's cartel.

Newly updated with Beith's gripping account of the trial that put Guzman away for life, The Last Narco is essential reading about one of the most dramatic news stories of our day - a true-crime thriller happening in real-time.

"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

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About the Author

Malcolm Beith is a British-American journalist and writers. A former editor at Newsweek International, he was based in Mexico City from 2007 to 2010 as an editor of The News, where he also wrote about the drug war for Newsweek, Slate.com, Jane's Intelligence Review, and other publications. He is now based in Washington, D.C., and contributes to Small Wars Journal, Jane's Intelligence Review, and FDI Magazine, among other publications.

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