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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
For all those fighting against the reign of terror that is the drug war. Van abrazos fuertes, del corazón: Diego and El Froy; Javier, Ismael, and Alejandro; Alma and César; Meché and Salomón; Pepis, Juan Carlos, and Marco; Luis; Ray; Sergio and Lenin; Gloria and Jacobo; Julio César, Rosario, Luz, Pedro, and Rocio; Beni; Ted and Kirsten; Greg; Charles and Rita; Diana; Bear and Rux; Suzanna; Bob; Drew; Mitch; Gringoyo; Jonathan; Allaire; and Nanea.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Gibler is a writer based in Mexico and California, the author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt (City Lights Books, 2009), and a contributor to País de muertos: Crónicas contra la impunidad (Random House Mondadori, 2011). He is a correspondent for KPFA in San Francisco and has published in magazines in the United States and Mexico, including Left Turn, Z Magazine, Earth Island Journal, ColorLines, Race, Poverty, and the Environment, Fifth Estate, New Politics, In These Times, Yes! Magazine, Contralínea, and Milenio Semanal.
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