El Sicario: Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man - Softcover

Molloy, Molly; Bowden, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0434021458 ISBN 13: 9780434021451

Verlag: William Heinemann, 2011

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Reseña del editor:

'If Juarez is a city of God, it's because the devil is scared to come here.'

A Juárez hit man (Sicario) speaks: he has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police, receiving training from the FBI. There is a contract on his life of $250,000, and he lives as a fugitive.

This is the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs - the murders, the corruption, the warring cartels, the complicity of the American and Mexican governments, by a man who has seen it and shared in the violence. Through El Sicario's words we see, for the very first time, the life of a cartel hitman in sober yet graphic detail; the distribution of power in this mindblowingly corrupt country; and the contrition of a man who became so disturbed by his day job that he would wake from nightmares throttling his own wife.

Framed by two pieces by award-winning journalist Charles Bowden that set the scene for the reader, this deeply chilling and important book shows us the Mexican drugs war as we've never seen it before.

Contraportada:

'I'm going to tell you about 20 years of my life dedicated to serving the cartel.
Serving them with these hands.
Torturing people.
And killing.'

Welcome to Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, the most dangerous city on Earth. This is the killing ground of the unnamed assassin, El Sicario. He has executed hundreds, is an expert in torture, spent years working for the state police, and received training from the FBI. He now lives as a fugitive in the US, with a $250,000 price tag on his head.

In sober, grim and graphic detail, he offers a series of confessions. Along the way he explains why he first became involved with the cartels and how they operate; outlines the most effective way to torture your victim; and describes the corrosive experience of looking into someone's eyes as you strangle them to death.

El Sicario also offers the unvarnished truth about the Mexican narco war that saw 2,750 murders in Juarez in 2009 alone, and over 3,000 again last year. Prefaced by the award-winning journalist and translator who met with him face to face, this is a deeply chilling and important book, revealing the brutality of the drugs underworld as you've never seen it before.

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• Verlag: William Heinemann
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0434021458
• ISBN 13: 9780434021451
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224