Synopses & Reviews
Meet Chris Heifner, overachieving drug runner for a Mexican marijuana cartel. But he wasnt always. This one-time econ student from Texas—broke, deep in debt, and facing eviction with a growing family to support—yielded to the temptation that he had resisted countless times before and went to work for his best friend from college, Jake Andes. But it wasnt exactly a Career Day kind of job. Andes was a big-time dealer, captaining a $25-million-a-year empire. Heifner became a mule, running multi-hundred-pound loads from Juárez around the country. After digging himself out of his financial hole, Heifner contemplated going clean. But the money and the lifestyle had hooked him, so he kept moving loads. He was so good that Andes was grooming him to become his second-in-command. And then Heifner got busted with $300,000 worth of dope in a rental car, and his world came crashing down. After bailing out of jail, Heifner went home for a much-needed shower. He emerged to find Andes and a hit man hired to kill him and his family should he decide to narc. Heifner realized that he had only one option: to flip and become an informant for the DEA.
Thats when life got really dangerous.
Review
“A very real first-hand account of the gritty, brutal world of trafficking. Heifners incredible journey will transport you into the pounding heart of the War on Drugs. You wont want to put this book down.”
—Robert Mazur, former DEA agent and author of The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobars Medellín Cartel
“Mule contains all the dread, angst, and psychological terror of a Hitchcock movie. Its a must read for people interested in the US-Mexico drug trade.”
—Howard Campbell, professor of anthropology and author of Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez
Synopsis
Meet Chris Heifner, drug runner for a $25 million-a-year Mexican cartel. This one-time econ student from Texasbroke, in debt, facing eviction, and with a family to supportyielded to the temptation to work for his college best friend, Jake Andes, a big-time dealer. Heifner became a mule, running multi-hundred-pound loads to various destinations around the country. Finally solvent, Heifner considered going clean. But the money was addictive. So he continued moving loadsand so well that Andes was grooming him to become his deputy. But then Heifner got busted. After bailing out of jail, he goes home and takes a much-needed shower. He emerges to find Andes and a hit man hired to kill him and his family should he decide to narc. Heifner has only one option: to flip and become an informant for the DEA. And thats when it gets really dangerous.
Synopsis
An inside look at the gritty, brutal world of Mexican drug trafficking.
About the Author
C. A. Heifner earned his MBA in economics from the University of Texas at El Paso. Feature articles about him have appeared in Bluff, Mob Candy, and the New York Times, among other publications. He is now a motivational speaker.