Hunting El Chapo, Andrew Hogan
Hunting El Chapo, Andrew Hogan
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Hunting El Chapo
The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord

Author: Andrew Hogan, Douglas Century

Narrator: Andrew Hogan, Robert Fass

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/03/2018


Synopsis

A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century’s sensational investigative high-tech thriller—soon to be a major motion picture from Sony—chronicles a riveting chapter in the twentieth-century drug wars: the exclusive inside story of the American lawman and his dangerous eight-year hunt that captured El Chapo—the world’s most wanted drug kingpin who evaded the law for more than a decade.Every generation has a larger-than-life criminal: Jesse James, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, Al Capone, John Gotti, Pablo Escobar. But each of these notorious lawbreakers had a ""white hat"" in pursuit: Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, Eliot Ness, Steve Murphy. For notorious drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán-Loera—El Chapo—that lawman is former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Andrew Hogan. In 2006, fresh out of the D.E.A. Academy, Hogan heads west to Arizona where he immediately plunges into a series of gripping undercover adventures, all unknowingly placing him on the trail of Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Forbes billionaire and Public Enemy No. 1 in the United States. Six years later, as head of the D.E.A.’s Sinaloa Cartel desk in Mexico City, Hogan finds his life and Chapo’s are ironically, on parallel paths: they’re both obsessed with the details.In a recasting of the classic American Western on the global stage, Hunting El Chapo takes us on Hogan’s quest to achieve the seemingly impossible, from infiltrating El Chapo’s inner circle to leading a white-knuckle manhunt with an elite brigade of trusted Mexican Marines—racing door-to-door through the cartel’s stronghold and ultimately bringing the elusive and murderous king-pin to justice. This cinematic crime story following the relentless investigative work of Hogan and his team unfolds at breakneck speed, taking the reader behind the scenes of one of the most sophisticated and dangerous counter-narcotics operations in the history of the United States and Mexico.

About Andrew Hogan

A former deputy-sheriff from Kansas, Special Agent Andrew Hogan graduated from the D.E.A. Academy and moved to Arizona in 2006 to work undercover inside the Sinaloa Cartel. In December 2012, he moved his family to Mexico City to head the D.E.A.’s Sinaloa Cartel desk, leading a manhunt that ultimately led to the capture of multibillionaire drug-lord and escape-artist El Chapo Guzmán.

About Douglas Century

Douglas Century is the author and coauthor of numerous bestselling books including Hunting El Chapo, Under and Alone, Brotherhood of Warriors, Barney Ross: The Life of a Jewish Fighter, and Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire, a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. His most recent book, No Surrender, coauthored with Chris Edmonds, was published by Harper One and was the recipient of a 2020 Christopher Award. A veteran investigative journalist, Century’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Tablet and the Guardian.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandon on May 09, 2018

The super macho tone is perfect for fans of NARCOS but disastrous for anyone looking for a greater appreciation of the drug war or the tactics and procedures used to capture Chapo. My uncles will love it.......more

Goodreads review by Jeremiah on October 23, 2019

I’ve heard many reviews arguing the accuracy of the author’s story about catching Guzman but when you see a picture of the author posing with a handcuffed el chapo I think you can conclude that he played some role in the act. I didn’t think the book was well written, but wow what a gutsy story. Thou......more

Goodreads review by Mindy on February 01, 2021

I don't know how much of this book is true, but it reeks of the guy you can't get away from at the bar. He was the only person in the U.S. government looking for El Chapo? No one else on earth had his amazing intel? He ordered Marines and the Mexican authorities around like lackeys? Sure, bro. Check......more

Goodreads review by Andy on September 07, 2018

The "Rambo" viewpoint here is so strong, it makes you root for El Chapo. The guy ain't no angel, that's for sure, but let's face it, he ain't a bigger criminal than the American Government. You can understand that the writer is so full of crap, he wants to take credit for El Chapo's arrest while his......more

Goodreads review by Hope on January 20, 2023

Real life thriller with interesting details about the case. Will never be able to travel to Mexico now…lol.......more