{"product_id":"9781608194018","title":"El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering storefronts; headless corpses heaped in town squares. And it is all because a few Americans are getting high. Or is it part of a worldwide shadow economy that threatens Mexico's democracy? The United States throws Black Hawk helicopters, DEA assistance, and lots of money at the problem. But in secret, Washington is at a loss. Who are these mysterious figures who threaten Mexico's democracy? What is El Narco?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Narco is not a gang; it is a movement and an industry drawing in hundreds of thousands, from bullet-riddled barrios to marijuana-covered mountains. The conflict spawned by El Narco has given rise to paramilitary death squads battling from Guatemala to the Texas border (and sometimes beyond). In this \"propulsive ... high-octane\" book (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), Ioan Grillo draws the first definitive portrait of Mexico's cartels and how they have radically transformed in the past decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059459113200,"sku":"9781608194018","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608194018_p0.jpg?v=1763834927","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608194018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}