This book examines America's adversaries in the ongoing "war on drugs," including Gilberto Rodriguez Orejeula, Manuel Noriega Moreno, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Nazario Moreno González, and many cartels.
General Note
Includes glossary.
Content Note
The war on drugs : combat with the drug cartels - Silver or lead : Pablo Escobar and the Medellín Cartel - Cali Cartel : businessmen of drug trafficking - Manuel Noriega : Narco-state kingpin - Guerra Contra el Narco : the history of Mexico's violent drug war - Amado Carrillo Fuentes : Mexican lord of the skies - La Familia Michoacna : murder, myth, and meth - Mara Salvatrucha : violent Salvadoran street gang - The Aryan Brotherhood : drug dealing in federal prisons - The Russian mafiya : guns, drugs, and money laundering - Cash in the closets : the strange case of Zhenli Ye Gon.