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Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom: Tales of Mules, Gunmen, and Drug Shipments in Columbia

by Alfredo Molano

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Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom opens a window on a rarely glimpsed world: the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Written by one of Colombia's leading writers, the book lets English-speaking readers get a good look — for the first time — at the people behind the drug trade. Colombians from many different backgrounds and parts of the country tell the story of how they got involved in smuggling and how some of them managed to get out alive. This book is about the predicament in which ordinary Colombians find themselves, forced to find a way out of poverty in the middle of an unending civil war.

Based on Alfred Molano's visits to Spanish and Latin American jails, Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom combines the gut-wrenching honesty of testimonial literature with the passionate storytelling we have come to expect from Latin America. In his native Colombia Molano has been compared to Gabriel Garca Marquez, and indeed the many layered narratives in this book resemble harrowing fictions.

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Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom opens a window on a rarely glimpsed world: the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Written by one of Colombia's leading writers, the book lets English-speaking readers get a good look — for the first time — at the people behind the drug trade. Colombians from many different backgrounds and parts of the country tell the story of how they got involved in smuggling and how some of them managed to get out alive. This book is about the predicament in which ordinary Colombians find themselves, forced to find a way out of poverty in the middle of an unending civil war.

Based on Alfred Molano's visits to Spanish and Latin American jails, Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom combines the gut-wrenching honesty of testimonial literature with the passionate storytelling we have come to expect from Latin America. In his native Colombia Molano has been compared to Gabriel GarcA-a Marquez, and indeed the many layered narratives in this book resemble harrowing fictions.

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Alfred Molano reveals the lives of the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Colombians from many different backgrounds tell the story of how they became involved in smuggling, forced to find a way out of poverty in the middle of an unending civil war.

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ISBN:
9780231129152
Subtitle:
Tales of Drugs, Mules, and Gunmen
Translator:
Graham, James
Translator:
Graham, James
Author:
Mishler, Paul
Author:
Molano, Alfredo
Author:
Danto
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Location:
New York
Subject:
Criminology
Subject:
Organized crime
Subject:
Narcotics dealers
Subject:
Drug traffic
Subject:
Cocaine industry
Subject:
Latin America - South America
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume:
GTR-550
Publication Date:
February 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
168
Dimensions:
814x558x36 44

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