Author’s Note
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Matriarch
CHAPTER 2
Narco Women—The Story So Far
CHAPTER 3
Betrayal Within a Female Trafficking Threesome
CHAPTER 4
The Women of the Mara Salvatrucha
CHAPTER 5
The Lemus Sisters and the Battle for Moyuta
CHAPTER 6
Sinaloa, and Emma Coronel’s Beginning, Middle, and End
CHAPTER 7
The Female Chapo
CONCLUSION
The Story Never Ends
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Deborah Bonello is a journalist, a writer, an editor, and an investigator based in Mexico City. Born in Malta and brought up in the UK, she moved to Latin America to work as a foreign correspondent in 2005. Deborah is senior editor for Latin America at VICE World News and has nearly 2 decades of experience covering organized crime and criminal syndicates, particularly the drug trade, as well as the violence and culture connected to the crime world. She's contributed to several publications, including The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC, and The Telegraph.
“Readers fascinated by organized crime and the inner workings of
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—Publishers Weekly
“Bonello presents a complex report on women’s roles in a world of
extreme machismo and an eye-opening challenge to the perception of
women involved in the complicated and brutal world of cartels.”
—Booklist
“Throughout this intriguing text, the author busts the myth that
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—Kirkus Reviews
“The investigative reporting in this book is impressive. . . . Ms
Bonello’s work enriches the reader’s understanding of drug gangs.
This book is a valuable introduction to a subject that deserves
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—The Economist
“Her narrative shines, with fascinating characters and detail from
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Reflections on her process add compelling tensions.”
—New Statesman (UK)
“Deborah Bonello bypasses the typical macho narco narrative into
something far more complex and fascinating: a look at the powerful
patronas of organized crime. Finally, we get the other half of the
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—Melissa del Bosque, author of Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug
Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty
“Deborah Bonello, a renowned journalist and author, brilliantly
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—Bonnie S. Klapper, criminal defense attorney and former federal
prosecutor
“From El Chapo’s young wife to the women and girls enduring
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—Tracy Wilkinson, senior foreign policy writer and former Latin
America bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times
“An important and nuanced corrective to decades of blinkered
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