Overview

The diminutive Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known universally by his nickname of 'El Chapo' ('Shorty' in Spanish), is the highest-profile narco-terrorist since the demise of Pablo Escobar in the 1990s. Loera began work at the age of nine as a gomero - a farmhand harvesting opium - and as he grew up he shot and murdered his way to the top. In 2009, he made the Forbes annual billionaires list and, before his capture by Mexican marines in 2016, the Sinaloa cartel which he commanded was turning over more than $11 billion in annual sales to North America, supplying more than 10 per cent of all illegal narcotics used on that continent. This made him Public Enemy Number One in the USA. El Chapo was among the most powerful individuals in the world. In Sinaloa, he was a folk hero and the subject of popular songs known as 'narcocorridos'. Meanwhile, America's Drug Enforcement Agency (the DEA) had sworn to hunt him down. Featuring the remarkable tale of El Chapo's arrest in Guatemala in 1993, how he continued to run his cartel from his cell in a Mexican jail and his subsequent escape in a prison laundry cart, along with his recapture in 2014, and ultimate extradition to the US for the Trial of the Century, this book gives you the inside track on the dog-eat-dog world of international drugs trafficking.

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Author:   Terry Burrows
Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Arcturus
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.303kg
ISBN:  

9781838574116

ISBN 10:   1838574115
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 September 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Columbia and Mexico: The US Drug Route Chapter 2 Oranges and Poppy Fields: The Early Years Chapter 3 Gallardo and the Guadalajara Cartel Chapter 4 The Tijuana Wars and the Birth of Sinaloa Cartel Chapter 5 The Dominance of the Sinaloa Chapter 6 The First Arrest ... and Escape Chapter 7 The Mexican Drug Wars Chapter 8 The Second Arrest ... and Escape Chapter 9 Apprehended Chapter 10 The Trial of the Century Chapter 11 The Legacy: The Future of the Mexican Drugs Trade

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Terry Burrows is an English author and multi-instrumental musician. Author of more than 100 titles, his books include works on music theory and tuition, technology, business, popular psychology and modern history.

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