02606cam a2200301 i 4500 884834383 TxAuBib 20230830120000.0 230504s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023014300 9780807007044 HRD 26.95 0807007048 HRD 26.95 TxAuBib rda Bonello, Deborah, author. Narcas [BOOK] : the secret rise of women in Latin America's cartels / Deborah Bonello. Boston : Beacon Press, [2023] vii, 166 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. The matriarch -- Narco women - the story so far -- Betrayal within a female trafficking threesome -- The women of the Mara Salvatrucha -- The Lemus sisters and the battle for Moyuta -- Sinaloa, and Emma Coronel's beginning, middle, and end -- The female Chapo -- The story never ends. You’ve heard of Pablo Escobar, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and Rafael Caro Quintero. Their names conjure ghoulish images of bloody streets, white powder, bundles of weed, and a particular flavor of machismo unique to ruthless druglords. But what of the drugladies, las narcas? For the first time, investigative reporter Deborah Bonello takes you behind the curtain to introduce the women at the helm of organized crime south of the US-Mexico border. These women are the powerhouses behind violent cartels; masterminds of extortion rackets; right-hand ladies to El Chapo’s cocaine flow to the US; and matriarchs of major drug trafficking families. In these pages, you will meet women like Doña Digna, the leader of the Valle cartel, and Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia, one of “El Chapo” Guzman’s closest confidants. Narcas gives voice to the women of notorious drug-trafficking monarchies, meticulously documenting the variety of roles they play. You will not see Sebastiana Cottón or Marixa Lemus in the stereotypical portrayals of beautiful narco wives or girlfriends, or in the faces of trafficking survivors or drug mules. Rather, you’ll encounter—at staggering rates—the female cartel killers, money launderers, logistical heads, and transporters of Latin America’s infamous crime syndicates. Provided by publisher. 20230830. Drug traffic Latin America. Women drug dealers Latin America. Organized crime Latin America.