Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord
Written by Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century
Narrated by Andrew Hogan and Robert Fass
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About this audiobook
A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century’s sensational investigative high-tech thriller—soon to be a major motion picture from Sony—chronicles a riveting chapter in the twentieth-century drug wars: the exclusive inside story of the American lawman and his dangerous eight-year hunt that captured El Chapo—the world’s most wanted drug kingpin who evaded the law for more than a decade.
Every generation has a larger-than-life criminal: Jesse James, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, Al Capone, John Gotti, Pablo Escobar. But each of these notorious lawbreakers had a "white hat" in pursuit: Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, Eliot Ness, Steve Murphy. For notorious drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán-Loera—El Chapo—that lawman is former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Andrew Hogan.
In 2006, fresh out of the D.E.A. Academy, Hogan heads west to Arizona where he immediately plunges into a series of gripping undercover adventures, all unknowingly placing him on the trail of Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Forbes billionaire and Public Enemy No. 1 in the United States. Six years later, as head of the D.E.A.’s Sinaloa Cartel desk in Mexico City, Hogan finds his life and Chapo’s are ironically, on parallel paths: they’re both obsessed with the details.
In a recasting of the classic American Western on the global stage, Hunting El Chapo takes us on Hogan’s quest to achieve the seemingly impossible, from infiltrating El Chapo’s inner circle to leading a white-knuckle manhunt with an elite brigade of trusted Mexican Marines—racing door-to-door through the cartel’s stronghold and ultimately bringing the elusive and murderous king-pin to justice.
This cinematic crime story following the relentless investigative work of Hogan and his team unfolds at breakneck speed, taking the reader behind the scenes of one of the most sophisticated and dangerous counter-narcotics operations in the history of the United States and Mexico.
Editor's Note
Thrilling true story…
The thrilling true story of the DEA agent who sought to take down the most powerful drug lord in modern history is impossible to put down.
Andrew Hogan
A former deputy-sheriff from Kansas, Special Agent Andrew Hogan graduated from the D.E.A. Academy and moved to Arizona in 2006 to work undercover inside the Sinaloa Cartel. In December 2012, he moved his family to Mexico City to head the D.E.A.’s Sinaloa Cartel desk, leading a manhunt that ultimately led to the capture of multibillionaire drug-lord and escape-artist El Chapo Guzmán.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This came up as a suggestion and i decided to give it a try. Boy am i glad i did!
I had no idea about this drug dealer kingpin.
The story is told in the first person from the guy that actually took down the biggest drug kingpin ever. It is like i am with him the whole time. The author has a great way of putting you in the scene.
There is a lot of profanity which may make you uncomfortable.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was a very interesting book. Generally books like these can drag on a bit. This one keeps you engaged with details and the awesome narration.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thoroughly enjoyed. Felt like a gripping action novel. Great to learn the details behind el chapo's capture and getting to know the man responsible for capturing him.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As a 13 year old I think this one of the best DEA stories I have ever read and highly recommend it to anyone
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great but to listen till and be entertained by one working on a house