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True crime, Biography, Journals and memoirs, Politics and government
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After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican-American author abandons the…
Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend of Cantú travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2018
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Literature biography, True crime, Criticism
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Describe las circunstancias y el impacto del asesinato del célebre poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca por las fuerzas…
nacionalistas en 1936. Edición original publicada en 1971; revisado con nuevo prólogo por el autor. Traducido del inglés. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
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Biography, True crime, Social issues, History
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El juicio del hombre más buscado por la policía estadounidense: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Un repaso de sus actividades en…
el narcotráfico, sus venganzas, y los nexos con políticos y delincuentes en Mexico. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
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True crime, Biography, Law and crime biography, Law and crime, General non-fiction
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An intimate portrait of the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria (1949-1993), written by his son, revealing the side that…
his father presented to his family, while exploring the violence that he engendered in his country and the world. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2014
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Law and crime, True crime, Social issues, General non-fiction
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the 2008 murder of thirty-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, New York. Killed by a…
group of teenagers, Lucero became a symbol of a broken immigration system, intolerance, and bigotry focused on foreigners in the United States. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2014
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Biography, True crime
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Biography of notorious Mexican drug trafficker and fugitive who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, named by Forbes Magazine one of the…
most powerful people in the world. Violence and strong language. Spanish language. 2015
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True crime, Biography
Human-narrated audio
Biografía del notorio narcotraficante colombiano Pablo Escobar Gaviria, cuyo gran imperio criminal lo convirtió en uno de los más ricos,…
y más temidos, hombres en el mundo. Narra su encarcelamiento y escape de La Catedral, su lujosa prisión privada, y su muerte en 1993 en los tejados de Medellín. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso
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True crime, Business and economics
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Mexican journalist, with the help of an anonymous insider, probes the Stanford Financial Group, which the Securities and Exchange Commission…
in 2009 accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that misappropriated billions of dollars from investors worldwide. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2009
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Biography, True crime, Politics and government, Politics and government biography
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Dedé Mirabal cuenta la historia de sus tres hermanas, Patria, Minerva, y María Teresa, conocidas como "Las Mariposas" cuya oposición…
al gobierno de Trujillo en Santo Domingo les costó la vida en 1960. Un retrato íntimo de hermanas comprometidas políticamente cuya muerte dio lugar a dramáticos cambios políticos y las convirtieron en heroínas nacionales
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True crime, Women biography, History
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Las verdaderas historias de las esposas y novias de seis narcotraficantes, ocultas detrás de seudónimos. Examina la transformación de sencillas…
jóvenes en mujeres unidos a criminales violentos. La base de un popular programa de televisión en Colombia Las Muñecas de la Mafia. Lenguaje injurioso y descripciones de violenca y de índole sexual
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Biography, True crime, Journals and memoirs, General non-fiction, Laws and statutes
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Autobiographical account of Rojas's six years held captive by FARC rebels in Colombia's jungles. Describes her kidnapping with Ingrid Betancourt,…
the despair and anxiety of life on the run, relationships with other prisoners, her faith, and giving birth to her son while a hostage. Some violence. Spanish language. 2009
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True crime, Social issues, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
A Univisión reporter investigates the series of atrocities committed against women during twelve years in Juárez, Mexico. Rodríguez denounces the…
crimes as a national disgrace, attributing the brutality to drug trafficking, corruption, and a culture of satanic violence ruling the city. Violence. Spanish language. 2007
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General fictionTrue crime, General non-fiction
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El periodista Ramos informe sobre la trágica muerte de ilegales que en 2003 intentaron viajar en camión a Houston, Texas.…
Describe cómo los traficantes de ilegales dejaron morir de asfixia y calor insoportable a diecinueve de los sesenta y tres personas que se escondían en la parte atrás del camión. A través de entrevistas con sobrevientes y análisis del juicio, Ramos relata porque se murieron tantas personas, incluso un niño, que solo buscaban una vida mejor
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True crime, Actors biography, Arts and entertainment, Music biography
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La verdadera historia de la superestrella Gloria Trevi y de su productor Sergio Andrade que, al realizar la fama internacional,…
acabaron de ser acusados de operar una escuela de talento que en realidad era una operación de esclavas sexuales, encargada de torturar e indoctinar a las mismas niñas que querían ser como su ídolo Gloria Trevi. Descripciones de índole sexual, de violencia y de lenguaje injurioso
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True crime
Human-narrated audio
A plumber by trade, Joe Salerno was caught up in the nightmare world of the Philadelphia Mafia. After witnessing a…
brutal murder, he decided to testify against his fellow gangsters. He describes the violent underworld of the Mafia and details the hardships he has endured in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Spanish language
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True crime
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In 1976 Orlando Letelier, an official of the former socialist government of Chile, was assassinated in Washington. The Pinochet regime…
was believed responsible. The authors reconstruct the sinister chain of events that let a foreign government get away with an act of terrorism in the U.S. capital. Spanish language
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True crime
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Account of five years in Turkish prisons by an American college dropout who was caught attempting to smuggle hashish out of the country. Some strong language. Spanish language
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True crime
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An ex-chief of police discusses how to avoid becoming a victim of violent crime. He provides case studies of actual…
assaults and analyzes what the victims should have done to avoid them. Strong language and violence. Spanish language
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True crime, Social issues
Human-narrated audio
In 2017, a routine network television investigation by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author revealed that one of Hollywood's most powerful producers…
was a predator. Describes the surveillance and intimidation tactics deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. Pulitzer Prize. Spanish language. 2019
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True crime
Human-narrated audio
Case history of the daring robbery of the Glasgow-London mail train in August 1963 in which over two and a half million pounds sterling were stolen. Spanish language