Gangster warlords : drug dollars, killing fields and the new politics of Latin America /
by Grillo, Ioan.
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2016Description: 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781408846056 (pbk.) :; 1408846055 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 364.1098 GRISubject(s): Organized crime -- Latin America | Latin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century | Crime | CrimeSummary: In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps 500 body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down 41 police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a crystal meth maker is venerated as a saint while imposing Old Testament justice on his enemies. A new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns and humans. Who are these new masters of death? What personal qualities and life experiences have made them into such bloodthirsty leaders of men? What do they represent and stand for? What has happened in the Americas to allow them to grow and flourish?
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 364.1098 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002924676X |
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| 364.1094 DE Murder & crime in London | 364.1094 KER Hard cases: | 364.1095 ADE Tokyo noir : in and out of Japan's underworld / | 364.1098 GRI Gangster warlords : drug dollars, killing fields and the new politics of Latin America / | 364.1317 LEV The exile : | 364.1323 APP Autocracy, Inc : the dictators who want to run the world / | 364.1323 BUR Kleptopia : how dirty money is conquering the world / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps 500 body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down 41 police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a crystal meth maker is venerated as a saint while imposing Old Testament justice on his enemies. A new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns and humans. Who are these new masters of death? What personal qualities and life experiences have made them into such bloodthirsty leaders of men? What do they represent and stand for? What has happened in the Americas to allow them to grow and flourish?
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