Deborah Bonello profiles some of the female bosses in Latin America’s drug gangs in her intriguing new book
often go unnoticed. That is partly because fewer women than men engage in this hyper-violent business. Many are, and indeed aspire to be, accessories, as implied by the culture of Sinaloa. Deborah Bonello, a longtime journalist in Latin America for Vice News, sets out to show that women have important—sometimes even starring—roles in the gangs.have not always been overlooked in this way.
In Guatemala Ms Bonello reports on the Lemus sisters, who ran trafficking through the country and occasionally were involved in terrible acts of violence. In Culiacán, Mexico, the author writes about the various women who have risen up the ranks of El Chapo’s cartel. One provided information for the drug lord’s trial; some informants are living in America. But most of hisMs Bonello suggests that women are gaining power in drug gangs just as they are in society more generally.
The investigative reporting in this book is impressive. Ms Bonello goes undercover into a prison in Guatemala City to talk to Marixa Lemus. When she goes to Ms Valle’s home town, she brings along a priest for safety. The result is a slim volume that is full of intriguing details and colour. Ms Bonello admits her contribution to the field of narco-literature is “modest” thanks to a paucity of information about female bosses and the danger of collecting more. She is rarely able to paint a clear picture of the character: was Ms Valle violent and awful or not? Unfortunately she, and the reader, cannot tell.
“Narcas” would also benefit from a clearer narrative. Based on a series of essays that Ms Bonello wrote for Vice, the book still reads as a collection of snapshots. Short interspersed sections, such as one on mothers searching for their disappeared relatives, are interesting but feel rather out of place.. This book is a valuable introduction to a subject that deserves more research.
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