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401 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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An analysis of the international cocaine trade and its less-understood role in the global economy explores its rules, armies and influence on everyday life, detailing the arrangements among leading cartels and the violent extent of their power.
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303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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With access to Colombia's cocaine cartels, a journalist offers an account of the journey of one kilo of cocaine, from the farmers who produce it to the killers who protect it, to the drug barons and their lovers made fabulously wealthy by it.
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English
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On the eve of his marriage, the Counselor makes a risky decision to dealve into the cocaine trade along the Texas-Mexico border. His hope is that this one-time deal will set him and his fiancée on a path to financial freedom, but instead he ends up in a brutal game that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves.
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xv, 346 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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English
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Traces the collaborative effort between two U.S. agents and a security chief for a notorious Colombian drug cartel to dismantle the organization and bring its leaders to justice, a life-risking venture marked by a race to protect the life of a key witness.
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Panorama de narrativas volume 853
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492 pages ; 22 cm.
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Español
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"Escribir sobre la cocaína --en palabras de Roberto Saviano-- es como consumirla. Cada vez quieres más noticias, más información, y las que encuentras son suculentas, ya no puedes prescindir de ellas. Eres addicted. Aún cuando remiten a un esquema general que ya has comprendido, esas historias fascinan por sus detalles. Delante ves el listón de la adicción, que no hace más que subir, y ruegas para no entrar nunca en crisis de abstinencia....
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318 pages : color maps ; 23 cm
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Español
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"3.068 kg de cocaína. Un excampeón de boxeo que tomó una decisión que le cambió la vida. Un narcosubmarino que llegó a España haciendo realidad la leyenda. Colombia fue el origen, el Amazonas el inicio del viaje, y Galicia el destino improvisado del primer narcosubmarino transoceánico interceptado en Europa. Esta es la historia real de la fascinante travesía de tres hombres que trasladaron a ras de agua más de 3.000 kg de cocaína durante...
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13 audio discs (16.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A mafia insider and former head smuggler for the Medellin cartel describes his violent relationships with criminal powers, his alliance with the U.S. government, and his role in reshaping the nation's war on drugs.
9) The cobra
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English
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Deveraux used to run Special Ops for the CIA, before they retired him for being too ruthless. Now the President has asked the man they call the Cobra to do anything he requires to destroy the cocaine industry. No rules, no questions asked. Just do it...
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230 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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"Ayda Levy, viuda de Roberto Suárez, de quien se separó al enterarse de que el acaudalado empresario, descendiente del imperio del caucho, estaba involucrado en el narcotráfico, narra en estas páginas sus vivencias y las revelaciones que el productor de la droga más pura del mundo compartió con ella."--Back cover.
Ayda Levy, widow of Roberto Suarez, who separated from him when she learned that the wealthy businessman was involved in drug trafficking,...
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