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A disturbing account of how Pablo Escobar - boss of the Medellin cocaine cartel - undermined all Colombia's civil institutions by murder or bribery. It is also a moving exploration of the fate of Escobar's kidnapped hostages, relatives of politicians, who were mostly middle-aged or elderly women.
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News of a Kidnapping, Gabriel García Márquez
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- News of a Kidnapping
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 370
- ISBN10
- 0224050028
- ISBN13
- 9780224050029
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Creative Nonfiction, Journalism, True Crime, Spanish Literature, Kidnappings, Latin American Literature, Colombia, Colombian Literature
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- Noticia de un secuestro
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- A disturbing account of how Pablo Escobar - boss of the Medellin cocaine cartel - undermined all Colombia's civil institutions by murder or bribery. It is also a moving exploration of the fate of Escobar's kidnapped hostages, relatives of politicians, who were mostly middle-aged or elderly women.