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The Years of Blood: Stories from a Reporting Life in Latin America
By
Alma Guillermoprieto
Alma Guillermoprieto
Alma Guillermoprieto’s reports from the field have been published in the
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-6038-3
Publication date:
2025
In the world of illegal drug trafficking, rampant homicides, and mass incarceration, Mexicans have turned to new spiritual figures, some based on Afro-Caribbean deities, to find hope. This chapter describes the deities and their adherents, in particular the foot soldiers of the drug cartels, whose lives are often treated as expendable.
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