Luis Alejandro Astorga Almanza Libros

Basado en el acervo documental en los Archivos Nacionales de Estados Unidos, en College Park, Maryland, este libro describe la relación entre México y Estados Unidos sobre el asunto de las drogas durante el período que va de 1916 a 1970.

Provocative study uses interviews and historical materials to support contention that both legal codification and folk songs serve to mythologize drug trafficking. Suggests that legal/political sector contributes to the myth by addressing drug trafficking in terms of good and evil, while corridos of drug dealers propagate the myth among the people, serving as a collective