Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels-From the Jungles to the Streets
This “compelling and unforgettable” account of Colombian drug cartels follows a kilo of cocaine from the field where it was farmed to America’s shores (Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara).

Cocaine is glamour, sex and murder. A product that must be produced, distributed, and protected, it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia, it filters down to countryside villages, the nightclubs of the cities, and out across the globe. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players, rules, and dangers, ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical.

Seasoned reporter Toby Muse has gained unprecedented access to the people who survive on these vast enterprises—from farmers, smugglers, and assassins to the drug lords themselves. Following a kilo of cocaine from its origins to its final destination, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy.

Piercing this veiled world, Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. Uncovering stories of violence, sex, and money, it shows the allure and the madness of cocaine—and why the War on Drugs has been no match for it.

Kilo includes sixteen pages of photographs.
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Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels-From the Jungles to the Streets
This “compelling and unforgettable” account of Colombian drug cartels follows a kilo of cocaine from the field where it was farmed to America’s shores (Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara).

Cocaine is glamour, sex and murder. A product that must be produced, distributed, and protected, it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia, it filters down to countryside villages, the nightclubs of the cities, and out across the globe. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players, rules, and dangers, ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical.

Seasoned reporter Toby Muse has gained unprecedented access to the people who survive on these vast enterprises—from farmers, smugglers, and assassins to the drug lords themselves. Following a kilo of cocaine from its origins to its final destination, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy.

Piercing this veiled world, Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. Uncovering stories of violence, sex, and money, it shows the allure and the madness of cocaine—and why the War on Drugs has been no match for it.

Kilo includes sixteen pages of photographs.
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Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels-From the Jungles to the Streets

Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels-From the Jungles to the Streets

by Toby Muse
Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels-From the Jungles to the Streets

Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels-From the Jungles to the Streets

by Toby Muse

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This “compelling and unforgettable” account of Colombian drug cartels follows a kilo of cocaine from the field where it was farmed to America’s shores (Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara).

Cocaine is glamour, sex and murder. A product that must be produced, distributed, and protected, it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia, it filters down to countryside villages, the nightclubs of the cities, and out across the globe. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players, rules, and dangers, ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical.

Seasoned reporter Toby Muse has gained unprecedented access to the people who survive on these vast enterprises—from farmers, smugglers, and assassins to the drug lords themselves. Following a kilo of cocaine from its origins to its final destination, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy.

Piercing this veiled world, Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. Uncovering stories of violence, sex, and money, it shows the allure and the madness of cocaine—and why the War on Drugs has been no match for it.

Kilo includes sixteen pages of photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062905314
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 03/19/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 435,263
File size: 999 KB

About the Author

Toby Muse is a British-American writer, television reporter, documentary filmmaker and foreign correspondent. He has reported from the front lines of the conflicts in Colombia, Iraq and Syria. He has embedded with soldiers, rebels and drug cartels, producing exclusive reports from cocaine laboratories and guerrilla jungle camps. He lived in Bogota, Colombia for more than fifteen years, reporting across South America and the endless drug war.

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