The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)

by Don Winslow

I’m careful. I change houses every few days. The Jalisco police protect me. Besides, I have other friends.” “You mean the CIA?” Adán asks. “The Contra war is over. What use are you to them now?” Because loyalty is not an American virtue, Adán thinks, nor is long memory. If you don’t know that, just ask Manuel Noriega in Panama. He had also been a key partner in Cerberus, a touch point on the Mexican Trampoline, and where is he now? Same place as Mette and Álvarez, in an American prison, except it wasn’t Art but Noriega’s old friend George Bush who put him there. Invaded his country, grabbed him and put him away. So if you’re counting on the Americans to repay you with loyalty, Tío, count on the fingers of one hand. I watched Art’s performance on CNN. There is a price for his silence, and the price might be you, might be all of us.