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Desperados- Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win
By Elaine Shannon
Viking, New York, 1988. Hardbound. First Edition. Book Condition: Good.
Dust
Jacket Condition: Good, unclipped. First Edition. 499 pages, illustrated
with photos. Remainder mark.
In the course of covering the international drug scene for 10 years for
Newsweek, Shannon clearly developed an encyclopedic knowledge of the
subject. Here she draws on that expertise, basing her book on the
torture-murder of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena
in
1985, a case that is still unresolved. She reveals that the U.S.
government
has talked a good anti-drug fight but has done little more than form study
commissions, convene conferences and sign treaties. She contends that
Mexico's war on drugs has been rife with corruption, from street cops to
high officials. And further south, the Colombian administration has been
fighting a losing battle against a cartel headquartered in Medellin, with
judges and lawmen assassinated by the dozen. The conclusion: the only way
to
win the war is to end the demand in America for marijuana and cocaine. An
instructive study. "This is a re****ter's book, written from the point of
view of the men in the field who understand the enormous gap between what
the policy makers think and the reality of life in the world of drug
trafficking." - Seymour Hersh.
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