Drug Lord, Terrence E. Poppa
Drug Lord, Terrence E. Poppa
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Drug Lord
The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin

Author: Terrence E. Poppa

Narrator: Armando Durán

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2019

Synopsis

Drug Lord, a firsthand account of drug dealing, murder, and corruption, tells of drug kingpin Pablo Acosta, who smuggled up to twenty tons of cocaine each year into the United States before treachery brought about his downfall and grisly death.

About Terrence E. Poppa

Terrence E. Poppa, an award-winning journalist, was a finalist for a 1987 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 O’Reilly Factor.

About Armando Durán

Armando Durán has appeared in films, television, and regional theaters throughout the West Coast. For the last decade he has been a member of the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2009 he was named by AudioFile as Best Voice in Biography and History for his narration of Che Guevara. A native Californian, he divides his time between Los Angeles and Ashland, Oregon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerity (Val) on February 02, 2014

Drug Lord: A True Story: The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin (Kindle Edition) Its quite a story about Pablo Acosta, a Drug Lord who worked his way up, starting out as a roofer and subcontractor in the US, dealing small amounts of drugs as a sideline, and traveling to a small town in Mexico near......more

Goodreads review by Moran on July 27, 2020

Pablo Acosta was a man whose life needs no embellishment! His rise to prominence and subsequent tenure as the head drug trafficker in the Mexican border town of Ojinaga was a wild rollercoaster ride of backroom business deals with government agencies, cross-border smuggling operations, and wild gunf......more

Goodreads review by Lori Anne on February 27, 2011

Anyone who wants to know anything about the U.S.-Mexico drug trade should start with this book.......more

Goodreads review by Brian on May 21, 2024

Unfortunate truths in this book......more

Quotes

“Drug Lord is the real thing. Raw, immediate, indispensable.” Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author

“A nonfiction account with enough greed, treachery, shoot-outs, and government corruption to fascinate true crime and crime fiction readers alike. Highly recommended.” Library Journal

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