{"product_id":"9780802196224","title":"The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Malcolm Beith risked life and limb to tell the inside story of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera, Mexico’s notorious drug capo.” —George W. Grayson, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, were home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman was among the world’s ten most wanted men and also appeared on \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s 2009 billionaire list. With his massive wealth, his army of professional killers, and a network of informants that reached into the highest levels of government, catching Guzman was once considered impossible\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Newly isolated by infighting amongst the cartels, and with Mexican and DEA authorities closing in, El Chapo was vulnerable as never before. \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent Malcolm Beith had spent years reporting on the drug wars and followed the chase with full access to senior officials and exclusive interviews with soldiers and drug traffickers in the region, including members of Guzman’s cartel. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Narco \u003c\/i\u003ecombines fearless reporting with the story of El Chapo’s legendary rise from a poor farming family to the “capo” of the world’s largest drug empire.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Last Narco \u003c\/i\u003egracefully captures the heroic struggle of those who dare to stand up to the cartels, and the ways those cartels have tragically corrupted every aspect of Mexican law enforcement.” —Laura Bickford, producer, \u003ci\u003eTraffic\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128692752624,"sku":"9780802196224","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802196224_p0.jpg?v=1769907105","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802196224","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}