The drug smuggling business goes on the slaughtered dead pile up the US agencies continue to ratchet up their budgets the prisons grow larger and all the real rules of the game are in this book some kind of masterpieceCharles Bowden from the introductionPablo Acosta was a living legend in his Mexican border town of Ojinaga He smuggled tremendous amounts of drugs into the United States he survived numerous attempts on his powerand his lifeby rivals and he blessed the town with charity and civic improvements He was finally slain in during a raid by Mexican officials with the cooperation of US law enforcement Poppa has turned out a detailed and exciting book covering in depth Acostas life the other drug factions that battled with him the village of Ojinaga and the logistics of the drug operation The result is a nonfiction account with enough greed treachery shoot-outs and government corruption to fascinate true crime and crime fiction readers alike Highly recommendedLibrary JournalTerrence E Poppa an award-winning journalist was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for his investigations into the connection between crime and government in Mexico He was featured in Standoff in Mexico a PBS production about fraudulent elections in Mexico Due to his unique insights into the world of Mexican drug trafficking Poppa has been widely interviewed on radio and television including Larry King Live and The OReilly Factor.
