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Order NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels
Order NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels
Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists. VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth...
NARCAS on Substack
NARCAS on Substack
Original reporting and storytelling about women, drugs and crime, from a woman on the edge. Click to read NARCAS: Women, Drugs and Crime, by Deborah Bonello, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
The Economist: “Narcas” offers a rare glimpse of the women in drug gangs
The Economist: “Narcas” offers a rare glimpse of the women in drug gangs
Deborah Bonello profiles some of them in her intriguing new book
Foreign Affairs Reviews NARCAS
Foreign Affairs Reviews NARCAS
Bonello assesses the phenomenon of women entrepreneurs working the global supply chains of illegal narcotics in Colombia, Mexico, and Central America.
Narcas: Investigating The Cartel Queenpins
Luis Chaparro and I talk to Deborah Bonello about her investigation into the cartel queenpins and her book Narcas. You can support this podcast on: https://w...
Los Angeles Times: In some Latin American drug cartels, women are the violent new overlords
Los Angeles Times: In some Latin American drug cartels, women are the violent new overlords
In this excerpt from her book 'Narcas,' veteran journalist Deborah Bonello uncovers some of the powerful women inside the macho world of Latin America's brutal drug gangs.
Los Angeles Times: 'Narcas' author Deborah Bonello on the dangerous fascination of Latin American drug cartels
Los Angeles Times: 'Narcas' author Deborah Bonello on the dangerous fascination of Latin American drug cartels
Reporting on the drug trade, the veteran journalist has a window into a 'cruel and brutal' side of human nature and a nexus of poverty, corruption and failed policy
The Underworld Podcast hosts NARCAS
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The Underworld Podcast hosts NARCAS
Podcast · The Underworld Podcast · Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible mafias that affect all our lives, whether we know it or not.
Crime, Insecurity and Business in Latin America: Deborah Bonello on Southern Pulse's Substack
Crime, Insecurity and Business in Latin America: Deborah Bonello on Southern Pulse's Substack
NARCAS on BBC Weekend
NARCAS on BBC Weekend
NARCAS on the Original Gangster's Podcast
We're discussing women cartel bosses and queenpins with reporter Deborah Bonello. Deborah is VICE editorial director for Latin America and the author of "Nar...
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Deborah Bonello on NARCAS
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Deborah Bonello on NARCAS
TV presenter Sarah Beeny on what home means to her, and her breast cancer journey.
The Women Who Joined the Ranks of Latin America’s Top Narco-Traffickers: NARCAS Extract on Crime Reads
The Women Who Joined the Ranks of Latin America’s Top Narco-Traffickers: NARCAS Extract on Crime Reads
Standing alone at the front of a Chicago courtroom, Guadalupe Fernández Valencia wore orange prison coveralls. Her long light-brown hair, streaked with gray, was pulled back into a tight ponytail a…
Las Patronas on the War on Drugs
Las Patronas on the War on Drugs
When we think about cartel bosses, we almost always think of one group of people – men. But this misses out on key parts of the story. Across Latin America w...
Las Patronas On VICE: The Secret History of Latin America's Female Crime Bosses
Las Patronas On VICE: The Secret History of Latin America's Female Crime Bosses
Meet MS-13’s ‘Black Widow’ Who Tricked Men Into Marriage and Killed Them
Meet MS-13’s ‘Black Widow’ Who Tricked Men Into Marriage and Killed Them
Esmeralda Aravel Flores Acosta formed a working relationship with the MS-13 gang that helped her coerce and kill victims in one of the first human-trafficking cases of its kind.
Former VICE News Latin America Editorial Director
Former VICE News Latin America Editorial Director
Cartels Are Using Pharmacies To Sell Fake Pills Laced With Fentanyl and Meth to Unwitting Tourists
Cartels Are Using Pharmacies To Sell Fake Pills Laced With Fentanyl and Meth to Unwitting Tourists
Tourists can buy opioids and benzos in Mexico without prescriptions. Many of the pills are fake and laced with fentanyl and meth, a VICE News investigation with the Bunk Police shows.
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