The shadow catcher : a U. S. agent infiltrates Mexico's deadly crime cartels

Acosta, Hipolito. (Author). Pulitzer, Lisa. (Added Author).

Summary: Acostas stories read like chapters from a page-turning crime novel, but The Shadow Catcher is more than a front-seat ride through the criminal underworld along the U.S./Mexico border. This heartbreaking exposé goes beyond sensational headlines and medals of honor to divulge what an agent endures in order to ensure that U.S. law is enforced and to reveal the unseen human side of illegal immigration.

Record details

ISBN: 9781451632873 (hc.)
ISBN: 1451632878 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 255 p., [8] p. of plates : ill ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Atria Books, c2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Playing pollo from Juarez to Chicago -- On the border : the beginning -- Chicago, my kind of town -- Castillo family -- Train ride in Chicago -- Back home in El Paso -- Manuel and Sonia Ramirez -- Undercover again : south of the border -- El Zorro -- The young and innocent -- Operation Montoneros.