Download or read book Kidnapped by the Cartel written by Karen D. Scioscia and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction inspired by a true story. A family member was kidnapped in Mexico by international drug smugglers. Used and abused, she was held against her will for eleven days. A dramatic rescue incurred the day before she was to be shipped to Mexico City for use in the cartel's prostitution trade. I was there.
Download or read book Blood Death Drugs and Sex in Old Mexico written by Jose Gutierrez Aire and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South of the U.S. border in Old Mexico trouble has been brewing since Felipe Calderon was elected president and began a reign of terror onto the cartels. Their response has been to kidnap, torture, kill and dismember anyone they don't like. The displays of dismembered bodies on public streets in major metropolitan areas is startling. No one is safe. Victims include elected officials, government employees, reporters, musicians, religious leaders, law enforcement, illegals trying to make a new life for themselves and innocent bystanders who get in the way of a stray bullet. Truly, Mexico is lawless. Big U.S. bucks from the sale of drugs, illegal workers, counterfeit movies and music are flooding into Mexico. An estimated $50 billion a year is making its way across the Rio Grande. This is the second largest influx of foreign cash into Mexico after petroleum products, and eighty percent is profit. Millions of palms are being greased by this drug money to look the other way. No one wants it to stop. The Mexican saying "silver or lead" means: allow the cartel to operate as it wants and make money, or fight us and die from a lead bullet. On the average of one a month, town mayors and law enforcement people are being kidnapped, tortured and killed. Recently two of the highest level military men in Mexico were arrested for suspicion of taking cartel drug money. This is the first known English account of cartel life today. It follows a fictional aging drug kingpin as he navigates through his world which has been turned upside down. The twists and turns in this story are as entertaining as the relationships are captivating. Enjoy!
Download or read book Kidnap Ransom written by Michelle Gagnon and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the world's foremost kidnap and ransom negotiator is snatched by a ruthless drug cartel, Jake Riley becomes ensnared in the effort to save him. But he's up against Los Zetas, an elite paramilitary organization renowned for its ferocity and skill. Now he and his colleagues must navigate the dark underbelly of Mexico, from raging street wars to perilous jungles, in an effort to rescue him before time runs out. After nearly losing her life on her last case, FBI Agent Kelly Jones may never do fieldwork again. Determined to regain her confidence, she joins Jake on his mission—and quickly realizes she's in over her head. Then in the slums of Mexico City, she encounters a former nemesis who's enacting a nightmarish ritual on the weak and vulnerable. Now she has one last, desperate shot to prove herself—by taking down a killer.
Download or read book Fear Is Just a Word written by Azam Ahmed and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter—from a global investigative correspondent for The New York Times “Azam Ahmed has written a page-turning mystery but also a stunning, color-saturated portrait of the collapse of formal justice in one Mexican town.”—Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Directorate S Fear Is Just a Word begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the United States, as fifty-six-year-old Miriam Rodríguez stalks one of the men she believes was involved in the murder of her daughter Karen. He is her target number eleven, a member of the drug cartel that has terrorized and controlled what was once Miriam’s quiet hometown of San Fernando, Mexico, almost one hundred miles from the U.S. border. Having dyed her hair red as a disguise, Miriam watches, waits, and then orchestrates the arrest of this man, exacting her own version of justice. Woven into this deeply researched, moving account is the story of how cartels built their power in Mexico, escalated the use of violence, and kidnapped and murdered tens of thousands. Karen was just one of the many people who disappeared, and Miriam, a brilliant, strategic, and fearless woman, begged for help from the authorities and paid ransom money she could not afford in hopes of saving her daughter. When that failed, she decided that “fear is just a word,” and began a crusade to track down Karen’s killers and to help other victimized families in their search for justice. What do people do when their country and the peaceful town where they have grown up become unrecognizable, suddenly places of violence and fear? Azam Ahmed takes us into the grieving of a country and a family to tell the mesmerizing story of a brave and brilliant woman determined to find out what happened to her daughter, and to see that the criminals who murdered her were punished. Fear Is Just a Word is an unforgettable and moving portrait of a woman, a town, and a country, and of what can happen when violent forces leave people to seek justice on their own.
Download or read book News of a Kidnapping written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! In 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar – head of the Medellín drug cartel – kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, García Márquez describes the survivors’ perilous ordeal and the bizarre drama of the negotiations for their release. He also depicts the keening ache of Colombia after nearly forty years of rebel uprisings, right-wing death squads, currency collapse and narco-democracy. With cinematic intensity, breathtaking language and journalistic rigor, García Márquez evokes the sickness that inflicts his beloved country and how it penetrates every strata of society, from the lowliest peasant to the President himself.
Download or read book The Lawless Kind written by Matt Hilton and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answering the summons of his old Black Ops mentor to assist in bringing to an end a Mexican cartel preying on the people they smuggle over the border, Joe Hunter is happy to oblige. But he should have guessed there was more to Walter Hayes Conrad's agenda than first believed.For decades, Walter has kept a secret, even from those closest to him: a family he has protected from his enemies through denial of their existence. But now the secret is about to explode. His great-grandson Benjamin has been abducted, snatched by Jorge Carrillo Molina, head of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug cartels, and Walter is as desperate to rescue the boy as his mother Kirstie is. There's only one man Walter trusts to bring the boy home, so how can Hunter refuse?There is a huge complication -- Molina happens to be Benjamin's father and he won't give him up without a fight.Praise for Matt Hilton and the Joe Hunter thrillers ..."...rockets along like a thundering rollercoaster...a torrentially fast flowing story...a shot of pulse-pounding escapism." -- Crimesquad.com, 5-star review"A very quick read, the action remains at the forefront of the novel and doesn't let up until the dramatic conclusion. It's the high octane page turning and explosive confrontations that gives Hunter his longevity. A likeable character who is both moralistic and deadly, a heady combination, Hunter takes no prisoners as he sets about handing out his own brand of justice." -- Milo's Rambles
Download or read book Walking Between the Raindrops written by Mary L. Roland and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Roland, leaving his home in Austin, Texas one February morning in 2008 was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom at the direction of one of the most vicious drug cartel leaders in Mexico. "Walking Between The Raindrops", gives voice to the victims, the perpetrators and the heroes of this true story.
Download or read book The Lawless Kind written by Matt Hilton and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-counterterrorist soldier Joe Hunter has been called to Mexico to bring an end to a cartel that preys on the people they smuggle across the US border. Once the mission's ended, however, Joe's mission leader and mentor, CIA Black Ops director Walter Hayes Conrad, confesses that the bloody mission is not the real reason Joe has been summoned south of the border. For years, Walter has kept the details of his private life - especially his family - secret from everyone, even his closest friends. But disaster has struck: his great-grandson Benjamin has been abducted, kidnapped by Walter's sworn enemy, the leader of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels. Walter will do whatever it takes to get the boy back. And he know Hunter is the man for the job. But there's one complication -- the drug boss just happens to be Benjamin's father.
Download or read book From Kidnapped to Terror written by Tony Dulio and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Carlos Rivera, the first Cuban-American President of the United States, asked General Mike Evans, Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to go down the chain of command and find a bilingual Mexican-American soldier with a great combat record. President Rivera is looking for that person and several other Mexican-American soldiers to embed themselves in the los Zetas drug cartel led by Benito Flores. Vince Gonzales, a highly decorated Army Ranger, fits that job description. He volunteers for President Rivera's mission and brings four other Mexican-American rangers with him. They successfully embed themselves in the Los Zetas cartel and begin sending intelligence on los Zetas' drug operation to President Rivera. This results in many big drug busts in the United States. The losses put Flores in a rage.Gonzales suddenly gets a communication from the president to drop all activity with the cartel and concentrate on rescuing of the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the governor of Arizona. Gonzales and his Covert Bravo squad execute the rescue, only to find there are five terrorists with bombs running loose in the United States.
Download or read book We Have Your Husband written by Jayne Garcia Valseca and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mountains of Guanajuato, Mexico sits a picturesque community favored by artists and tourists. But for American-born Jayne Valseca and her husband Eduardo, son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, it became a hell on earth when Eduardo was ambushed by strangers and kidnapped in the summer of 2007. Jayne knew that in Mexico kidnapping was a pervasive and lucrative business-a burgeoning criminal industry with few happy endings. This time the merchandise was her husband. Sealed in a dark seven-by-six, two-feet-wide box, Eduardo lived for seven months on little more than eggshells and chicken bones. He was subjected to the most cruel and humiliating mental and physical torture imaginable. He had no reason to believe he'd ever be found alive. As the ransom escalated, so did the stakes. But Jayne refused to be a pawn in the kidnappers' sick game. She decided to become a player. If she was to get her husband back alive, she'd have to be more cunning than the kidnappers and be cool, calculated and determined...
Download or read book The Cartel written by Jonas Saul and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Roberts' boyfriend Aaron has been kidnapped by the Enzo Cartel in Tijuana in an attempt to lure Sarah in, but the cartel does not expect Sarah to come with Casper, a high-ranking government official, DEA agents, and a slew of others working with the Mexican authorities.Delay after delay has them locked in a hotel, waiting for something to happen. While Sarah is out at a café, their hotel is attacked by heavily armed hit men. More than half the team are killed and the cartel snatches Casper. Sarah needs help and she finds it with an old friend from Italy, Darwin Kostas. Together they devise a Trojan Horse plan. She will act as bait to get inside the elusive cartel while Darwin tracks her on GPS. Desperate, Sarah knows this is her only chance to find Aaron and Casper.The Cartel pits Sarah and her allies against a brutal drug lord who wants Sarah dead for her role in costing them millions in laundered money. For the first time ever, Parkman, Darwin, Daniel, Benjamin, Alex, Casper, and Aaron come together in one novel to save Sarah from her toughest enemy yet.
Download or read book My Senorita written by Rosemarie J Alvarez and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lillian Kington was kidnapped by Miguel Santos a Cartel leader from Mexico. Lillian was a eighteen years old no filter girl that was caught up with her father's sins. Lillian's father sold from the cartel family and he wants his money back. When he could come with Miguel's money, Miguel took Lillian as his prisoner only to fall in love with her. He became her protector of her father's past and what he has done. Secrets of her past came to light and who she looked like to Miguel Santos. "Miguel sauntered up to me as his fingers went to my jawline as he dropped his head to mine as his lips swept against mine, "Your time is up Mr. Kington. Lillian is mine and will be mine until you get me my money." He stared into my eyes on every word without moving; all he did was have a smug smirk on that fucking gorgeous face of his. No. Yuck." My Senorita: A Cartel Love Story
Download or read book Lethal Vengeance written by Don Pendleton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MISSION: PAYBACK When Stony Man chief Hal Brognola is kidnapped, Mack Bolan vows to find him and wreak explosive vengeance on those responsible. But first he must find his shadowy enemy. For deep in the drug cartel hellscape of Ciudad Ju‡rez, Hal is prisoner of the city’s most legendary and secretive serial killer. To uncover his identity, Bolan wages war on Ciudad’s biggest narco-traffickers, battling their merciless soldados and sending their empires up in flames. But with the clock ticking down, the Executioner must face a cunning foe in an arena where justice will only be found in total annihilation.
Download or read book ABDUCTED Dr Wade Stone San Antonio Stone Oak written by Gerald Juhnke and published by Gerald Juhnke. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug cartel violence along the US-Mexico Border is rampant. News media and rumor mills abound with factual and fictitious stories about drug cartel murders, kidnappings, tortures, and shootings. The stories are both horrifying and heartbreaking. They provide a fertile backdrop for ABDUCTED: Dr. Wade Stone San Antonio Stone Oak a story where fact and fiction comingle, simmer, and bond with readers' imaginations to become "imagined reality." The story highlights Dr. Wade Stone. His clinical traumatology experience spans 25 years. Stone is a renowned Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) authority. Dr. Stone's clinical expertise and research focus on the intertwined junctions of PTSD, suicide, violence, family, and addiction. He has successfully treated hundreds of trauma survivors-men, women, and children. From America's returning wounded warriors to victims of horrendous and brutally unthinkable attacks, Stone thinks he has seen it all. Now as an esteemed university professor, Stone has a perfect and carefree life. He has an incredibly loving and devoted family. His friends are supportive and kind. And, his students? They are energetic, intelligent, and capable. Little does this San Antonio Stone Oak resident realize his life is on a collision course with a new reality-a reality that will twist his life forever.
Download or read book Prayers for the Stolen written by Jennifer Clement and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The haunting novel of love and survival that inspired Mexico’s official submission for International Feature Film—now shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards® and streaming on Netflix “Prayers for the Stolen gives us words for what we haven’t had words for before, like something translated from a dream in a secret language. . . . Beguiling, and even crazily enchanting.”—Francisco Goldman, New York Times Book Review FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER PRIZE • AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Ladydi Garcia Martínez is fierce, funny, and smart. She was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women must fend for themselves, as their men have left to seek opportunities elsewhere. Here in the shadow of the drug war, bodies turn up on the outskirts of the village to be taken back to the earth by scorpions and snakes. School is held sporadically, when a volunteer can be coerced away from the big city for a semester. In Guerrero the drug lords are kings, and mothers disguise their daughters as sons, or when that fails they “make them ugly”—cropping their hair, blackening their teeth, anything to protect them from the rapacious grasp of the cartels. And when the black SUVs roll through town, Ladydi and her friends burrow into holes in their backyards like animals, tucked safely out of sight. While her mother waits in vain for her husband’s return, Ladydi and her friends dream of a future that holds more promise than mere survival, finding humor, solidarity, and fun in the face of so much tragedy. When Ladydi is offered work as a nanny for a wealthy family in Acapulco, she seizes the chance, and finds her first taste of love with a young caretaker there. But when a local murder tied to the cartel implicates a friend, Ladydi’s future takes a dark turn. Despite the odds against her, this spirited heroine’s resilience and resolve bring hope to otherwise heartbreaking conditions. An illuminating and affecting portrait of women in rural Mexico, and a stunning exploration of the hidden consequences of an unjust war, Prayers for the Stolen is an unforgettable story of friendship, family, and determination.
Download or read book Birds of a Feather written by Don Easton and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily Rae is on holiday in El Paso, Texas, when she's kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. El Paso borders on one of the most dangerous places in the world - Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - a city caught in the grip of a war between cartels. Her disappearance is investigated by undercover Mountie Jack Taggart, who discovers a Canadian link to the cartel and penetrates the organization. Taggart is sent to El Paso, where he is partnered with special U.S. Customs agent John Adams. Neither Taggart nor Adams know they have been paired together for a secret purpose.Taggart has strict orders to stay out of Juarez, but his gut instinct directs him otherwise. The investigation seems to be going smoothly - until the cartel discovers his true identity.Practically torn from the headlines, Birds of a Feather will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you questioning right and wrong.
Download or read book Code Name written by Eric Auxier and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who is the great CIA Agent, Artful Dodger? Tell me now, and I kill you quick.”CIA Case Officer Bob Cheney is kidnapped, and teen orphan Justin Reed—aka the Artful Dodger—tracks his newly-adoped father to a top secret smuggling base, where he is forced to match wits with the cartel family's brilliant teen prodigy, Luis Ocho.But Luis's stunning sister Kiara is another story. Is she falling for Justin, or is this just another one of Luis's diabolical tricks to lure the “great Agent Dodger” to his demise?Once again, Justin is forced to rely on his old street smarts—and his new CIA training—to face a ruthless enemy.A sequel to "Code Name: Dodger," "Mission 2 Cartel Kidnapping" continues the adventures of teen orphan Justin Reed, and is a Young Adult, action adventure spy series for kids of all ages.