Loyal Soldiers in the Cocaine Kingdom: Tales of Drugs, Mules, and Gunmen
- ISBN-10
- 0231129149
- ISBN-13
- 9780231129145
- Pages
- 158
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Mark Christopher Carnes
Description
Alfred Molano reveals the lives of the couriers who transport drugs from Colombia into the United States and Europe. Colombians from many different backgrounds tell the story of how they became involved in smuggling, forced to find a way out of poverty in the middle of an unending civil war.
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