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READ THE CAMARENA STORY AND FIND OUT WHY THE DRUG TRADE IS KILLING US. Desperados takes you to the front line of the drug wars. You'll come face to face to with: Swaggering, flamboyant drug lords who rule over immense empires; Federal police and government officials who are silent partners in the vicious drug trade; A CIA locked in a unholy relationship with the Mexican security police; The Regan administration's duplicitous and ambivalent fight against narcotics. In Desperados you'll learn firsthand about the isolation, vulnerability, and courage of DEA agents in Latin America. And you'll witness the harrowing murder of Enrique (Kiki) Camarena, a dedicated agent who tried, against all odds, to secure one victory in this endless war. A breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look at one of the major problems of our time ?The San Diego Tribune Fast-paced and meticulously documented...reads like a thriller. ?The Village Voice… (plus d'informations)
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O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers.
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In his classic of reportage, Let us Now Praise Famous Men, about a tenant farmer, James Agee wrote, "I know him only so far as I know him and all of that depends fully on who I am as on who he is." (Forward)
At two o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, February 7, 1985, Enrique Camarena of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stashed his badge and his service revolver in his desk drawer and headed for a luncheon date with his wife.
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But Kendall was proud of his son for believing that a man could make a difference.
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READ THE CAMARENA STORY AND FIND OUT WHY THE DRUG TRADE IS KILLING US. Desperados takes you to the front line of the drug wars. You'll come face to face to with: Swaggering, flamboyant drug lords who rule over immense empires; Federal police and government officials who are silent partners in the vicious drug trade; A CIA locked in a unholy relationship with the Mexican security police; The Regan administration's duplicitous and ambivalent fight against narcotics. In Desperados you'll learn firsthand about the isolation, vulnerability, and courage of DEA agents in Latin America. And you'll witness the harrowing murder of Enrique (Kiki) Camarena, a dedicated agent who tried, against all odds, to secure one victory in this endless war. A breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look at one of the major problems of our time ?The San Diego Tribune Fast-paced and meticulously documented...reads like a thriller. ?The Village Voice
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