A Narco History by Carmen Boullosa
A compact, provocative history arguing that the Mexican drug trade was co-created by policies and market forces in both Mexico and the United States; tracing roots from 19th-century commerce and early narcotics laws through Prohibition and modern militarized drug policy, it shows how U.S. demand, Mexican elites, state actors, and economic inequality combined to transform small-scale cultivation and smuggling into powerful cartels. Drawing on archival research and reportage, the narrative reveals how prohibition, political collusion, and cross-border commerce produced unintended consequences that reshaped violence, corruption, and everyday life in border communities.
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