Narco en la Frontera

Name: Narco en la Frontera
Author: Dan Slater
ISBN: 9786075290522

by Dan Slater (2016)

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Una intensa crónica que relata la vida de dos adolescentes mexicano-americanos que son reclutados para ser sicarios de la Zetas. Gabriel Cardona y Rsalio Reta crecen en Laredo, Texas, en ambientes llenos de violencia. Ante la falta de oportunidades, se unen a las filas de una de las organizaciones criminales más peligrosas y sádicas de la actualidad. Mientras tanto, Robert García, un detective de la DEA, se didica en cuerpo y alma a combatir el tráfico de drogas. Sin embargo, él sabe que tal guerra es quizá imposible de ganar debido a una falta de voluntad real de terminar cone est problema de parte del gobierno y de las instituciones implicadas en su lucha. Pos si fuera poco, los intereses económicos que giran alrededor del narcotráfico son enormes. Esta dedicada y excelente investigación periodística nos deja entrever un mundo alterno de crimen que tiene la capacidad de alterar la existencia de ciudades enteras, corromper a sus autoridades y entrenar como armas letales a los jóvenes más vulnerables en una sociedad capitalista. The story of two American teens recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and their pursuit by a Mexican-American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unwinnable. What's it like to be an employee of a global drug-trafficking organization? In the border town of Laredo, Texas, Gabriel and his friend Bart abandon promising futures for the allure of the Zetas, a drug cartel with roots in the Mexican military. Mexican-born Detective Robert Garcia has worked hard all his life and is now struggling to raise his family in America. As violence spills over the border, Detective Garcia pursuit of the boys, and their cartel leaders, puts him face to face with the urgent consequences of a war he sees as unwinnable. Slater shows the way in which the border itself is changing, disappearing, and posing new, terrifying, and yet largely unseen threats to American security.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraContemporary / Future

Protagonist / CoreNarco en la Frontera Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Mystery & Thriller Organized crime Drug traffic Crimen organizado Narco-terrorism Narcotraficantes Contemporary / Future

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