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Martínez, Oscar (Oscar Enrique).
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Violence -- Central America.
Drug traffic -- Central America.
Crime -- Central America.
Central America -- Social conditions -- 1979-
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Martínez, Oscar (Oscar Enrique).
Violence -- Central America.
Drug traffic -- Central America.
Crime -- Central America.
Central America -- Social conditions -- 1979-
MARC Display
A history of violence : living and dying in
Central
America
/ Óscar Martínez ; translated by John B. Washington and Daniela Ugaz ; foreword by Jon Lee Anderson.
by
Martínez, Oscar (Oscar Enrique).
Verso, c2016.
Call #:
364.109728 M386h
Subjects
Violence
--
Central
America
.
Drug traffic
--
Central
America
.
Crime
--
Central
America
.
Central
America
--
Social
conditions
--
1979-
ISBN:
9781784781682 (hc.)
Description:
xxi, 257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.
"This book is based on a series of articles Oscar Martínez wrote for the Latin American news website elfaro.net and published under the rubric 'Sala Negra.' "
Contents:
Emptiness. The State against Chepe Furia ; The lords of the border ; Guatemala is spelled with a Z ; A nobody in the land of narcos ; Narco: made in
Central
America
--
Madness. Our bottomless well ; The most miserable of traitors ; El Niño Hollywood's death foretold ; The Massacre of Salcajá ; Men who pull out nails
--
Fleeing. The tamed coyotes ; Men who sell women ; The prayers of El Salvador's Anti-gang Police Unit ; The unfortunate story of an undocumented am who was sold, extorted, and departed.
Summary:
Heartbreaking immersion into the lives of people enduring extreme violence in
Central
America
El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years. Oscar Martinez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where
Central
American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums. With his reporting, he reveals the underbelly of some of the most dangerous places in the world, going undercover to drink with narcos, accompanying police patrols, riding in trafficking boats and hiding out with a gang informer. The result is a portrait of a region of fear, helping to explain why migrants have been fleeing the area by the millions.
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