The definitive history and anatomy of the drug cartels and the 'war on drugs' that has cost more than 50,000 lives in just 5 years. 'Indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand the origins of the violence' "Letras Libres"

The product of five years of investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to Anabel Hern¿ndez, The Lords of el Narco has been a publishing and political sensat...