Los señores del narco Quotes

“Durante la década de 1980 el gobierno de Estados Unidos crió a los cuervos que hoy le sacan los ojos.”
― Anabel Hernández, Los señores del narco

“Another fact worth noting is that however many arrests the Federal Police make, they do not confiscate anything, everything gets lost (money, watches, vehicles, drugs, etc.). On the other hand it should be pointed out that both the Mexican Army and the Navy are more honest, they arrest people and hand them over with all their posssessions. I may have done whatever I have done, but the public servants I mention, they too are part of the criminal structure in this country.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“One calculation links the Sinaloa Cartel to 3,007 legally constituted companies, inside and outside of Mexico. Obviously these are estimates. It would be up to the prosecutors to investigate and bring charges. But the Mexican authorities have done nothing.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“Added to this were the misgivings of the Colombian government: “Colombia also is worried about the levels of corruption in Mexican law enforcement,” the cable noted.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“The sudden fortune acquired by Sahagún and Fox remains one of the great black holes in the universe. Nobody knows its size or how it was created. We only know that they arrived in December 2000 almost bankrupt, and were filthy rich by the time they left.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“Early in 2005, the state of Guerrero was a powder keg. It only needed some crazies to light the match. And sadly, there’s always someone ready to make sure the party gets going.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“There are clear indications of who may have had a hand in springing the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel,” he added.32 Obviously, he didn’t include himself on the list.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“The story was “ridiculous.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“I also obtained recently declassified CIA and DEA documents on the Iran-Contra affair—something nobody seems to remember anymore—which is what turned Mexican drug traffickers from humble marijuana and poppy farmers into sophisticated international dealers in cocaine and synthetic drugs.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“According to this agent, DEA informers infiltrated into the organization of drug lord Ignacio Coronel Villarreal had told him that El Chapo Guzmán left Puente Grande penitentiary after paying a multimillion-dollar bribe to the family of President Vicente Fox, of the National Action Party (PAN). And that the deal included systematic protection by the federal government of him and his group, the all-powerful Pacific cartel. Fox is now a leading advocate for the legalization of not only the consumption, but also the production, distribution, and sale of every class of drug.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“Kids don’t want to be firemen or doctors when they grow up; they want to become drug barons. That’s the only measure of success they know.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“Four months after making his statement, Andrade vanished. The earth swallowed him up. His last appearance in public was at the International Book Fair held in Mexico City in February 1999. The lawyer showed up dressed in black, accompanied by a mariachi dressed in white, who went through the corridors singing “The Man from Sinaloa,” Carrillo Fuentes’s favourite song.”
― Anabel Hernández, Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers

“El semanario reveló que en un cateo realizado a las propiedades de El Mexicano, las autoridades de Colombia encontraron un convenio por 60 millones de dólares que familiares del narcotraficante habrían pagado al gobierno de Estados Unidos a cambio de no ser involucrados en actividades ilícitas y mantener a salvo el resto del dinero del capo. La pregunta obligada es si Rodríguez Gacha realmente está muerto o fue el pago de su jubilación por los servicios prestados: dinero a cambio de impunidad y silencio.”
― Anabel Hernández, Los señores del narco

“era un hombre introvertido, con actitud seria y retraída, no dado a ser prepotente ni grosero, y que era inteligente, muy inteligente”.”
― Anabel Hernández, Los señores del narco