Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America

A new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns and humans. Who are these new masters of death? What has happened in the Americas to allow them to grow and flourish? Ioan Grillo has gained access to every level of the cartel chain-of-command in what he calls the new battlefields of the Americas. He provides a new and disturbing understanding of a war that has spiralled out of control - one that people across the political spectrum need to confront now.