The War on Drugs is One Big Lie
In Anabel Hernandez’s, Narcoland, she gives readers a firsthand look at her five years of taxing research which has led to the discovery of numerous misconceptions about the drug war and the American drug trade. This essay exposes and debunks three of many misconceptions. First, it exposed and debunked the well-known escape of Chapo Guzman from prison and government officials letting Chapo walk free. Second, The murder of journalist Manuel Buendia, by the Federal Security Directorate. Third, How the Mexico has intertwined itself with drug trade, and what U.S. intelligence knows.
In chapter seven, The Great Escape, Hernandez investigates and debunks El Chapo's escape from Puente Grande January 21, 2001, clearing reports that he escaped in a laundry cart. Instead, she writes, “Dressed …show more content…
Hernandez associated his murder to information related to drug trafficking and the CIA’s part in the 1980’s. The CIA and Mexican drug traffickers, “”between 1981-1984, Manuel Buendia received information regarding Guatemalan Guerillas and an operations training camp being conducted by the American CIA, using FS as a cover in case any questions were raised…”(loc 942-959) Buendia going to authorities ultimately resulted in his death. The same authorities he went to ended up murdering him. Zorillia, head of the DFS was suppose to be protecting Buendia and his family. Forty-one days later, Manuel Buendia and his source were murdered.(loc 959) Interestingly enough Hernandez discloses a DEA agent aided with authenticating her suspicion to explore and report on the activities of Guzman and the drug trade in Mexico and their involvement with the US Government. “Narcoland shows how contemporary capitalism is in no position to renounce the mafia. Because it is not the mafia that has transformed itself into a modern capitalist enterprise–it is capitalism that has transformed itself into a mafia.” (loc
In Anabel Hernandez’s, Narcoland, she gives readers a firsthand look at her five years of taxing research which has led to the discovery of numerous misconceptions about the drug war and the American drug trade. This essay exposes and debunks three of many misconceptions. First, it exposed and debunked the well-known escape of Chapo Guzman from prison and government officials letting Chapo walk free. Second, The murder of journalist Manuel Buendia, by the Federal Security Directorate. Third, How the Mexico has intertwined itself with drug trade, and what U.S. intelligence knows.
In chapter seven, The Great Escape, Hernandez investigates and debunks El Chapo's escape from Puente Grande January 21, 2001, clearing reports that he escaped in a laundry cart. Instead, she writes, “Dressed …show more content…
Hernandez associated his murder to information related to drug trafficking and the CIA’s part in the 1980’s. The CIA and Mexican drug traffickers, “”between 1981-1984, Manuel Buendia received information regarding Guatemalan Guerillas and an operations training camp being conducted by the American CIA, using FS as a cover in case any questions were raised…”(loc 942-959) Buendia going to authorities ultimately resulted in his death. The same authorities he went to ended up murdering him. Zorillia, head of the DFS was suppose to be protecting Buendia and his family. Forty-one days later, Manuel Buendia and his source were murdered.(loc 959) Interestingly enough Hernandez discloses a DEA agent aided with authenticating her suspicion to explore and report on the activities of Guzman and the drug trade in Mexico and their involvement with the US Government. “Narcoland shows how contemporary capitalism is in no position to renounce the mafia. Because it is not the mafia that has transformed itself into a modern capitalist enterprise–it is capitalism that has transformed itself into a mafia.” (loc