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100 0  Sicario. 
245 13 El Sicario :|bthe autobiography of a Mexican assassin /
       |cedited by Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden ; translated 
       and transcribed by Molly Molloy. 
264  1 New York :|bNation Books,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    xiv, 209 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    "In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant
       Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war 
       on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of
       America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who 
       functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police,
       who was trained in the US by the FBI, and who for twenty 
       years kidnapped, tortured and murdered people for the drug
       industry at the behest of Mexican drug cartels. He is a 
       hit man who came off the killing fields alive. He left the
       business and turned to Christ. And then he decided to tell
       the story of his life and work. Charles Bowden first 
       encountered El Sicario while reporting for the book 
       "Murder City". As trust between the two men developed, 
       Bowden bore witness to the Sicario's unfolding confession,
       and decided to tell his story. The well-spoken man that 
       emerges from the pages of El Sicario is one who has been 
       groomed by poverty and driven by a refusal to be one more 
       statistic in the failure of Mexico. He is not boastful, he
       claims no major standing in organized crime. But he can 
       explain in detail not only torture and murder, but how 
       power is distributed and used in the arrangement between 
       the public Mexican state and law enforcement on the ground
       - where terror and slaughter are simply tools in 
       implementing policy for both the police and the cartels. 
       And he is not an outlaw or a rebel. He is the state. When 
       he headed the state police anti-kidnapping squad in Juarez,
       he was also running a kidnapping ring in Juarez. When he 
       was killing people for money in Juarez, he was sharpening 
       his marksmanship at the Federal Police range. Now he lives
       in the United States as a fugitive. One cartel has a 
       quarter million dollar contract on his head. Another 
       cartel is trying to recruit him. He speaks as a free man 
       and of his own free will - there are no charges against 
       him. He is a lonely voice - no one with his background has
       ever come forward and talked. He is the future - there are
       thousands of men like him in Mexico and there will be more
       in other places. He is the truth no one wants to hear"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
520    "In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant
       Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war 
       on drugs - the murders, the corruption, the warring 
       cartels, the complicity of the American and Mexican 
       governments - and reveals why the violence that now 
       defines the American-Mexican border will only worsen. This
       book represents the first time a Mexican hitman has spoken
       on the record so candidly about his life, his crimes, his 
       repentance, and why the killings will continue. This book 
       represents an extraordinary and unprecedented glimpse into
       a world that otherwise occupies the shadows of our 
       imagination. It is a testament to the editors' tenacity as
       reporters that they were able to get El Sicario to speak 
       so openly about his life and crimes"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 00 Sicario. 
650  0 Assassins|zMexican-American Border Region|vBiography. 
650  0 Drug dealers|zMexican-American Border Region|vBiography. 
650  0 Drug traffic|zMexican-American Border Region. 
700 1  Molloy, Molly. 
700 1  Bowden, Charles,|d1945-2014 
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