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The Making of a Massacre

Written by: Audible Original, Ginger Thompson
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  • [Contains sensitive content] On a warm evening in a small Mexican border town, men and women started disappearing. Local officials were warned to stay away and when it was all done, up to 200 people were gone. The Making of a Massacre is five-part true story detailing how well-intentioned efforts to curtail the drug trade by the US and Mexican governments had devastating effects. Led by ProPublica's award-winning journalist Ginger Thompson and featuring true to life performances by notable actors Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Alana del la Garza, Clifton Collins Jr. and Snow Tha Product, listeners will hear how a town was caught in the crossfire of the drug war. When you add Making of a Massacre to your library you will receive all 5 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.
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  • Ep. 1: The Takeover

    Ep. 1: The Takeover
    May 3 2018
    [Contains sensitive content] Once a sleepy, well-to-do town on the border with Texas, how had Allende become a stronghold for the notoriously brutal Zetas cartel? Residents and lawmakers relive the town's terrifying takeover, enforced by the cartel's gunmen and local police-turned-henchmen. Former Zetas operatives reveal how they asserted power not just in Allende, but the entire region on the Mexico-US border.
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    28 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Operation

    Ep. 2: The Operation
    May 3 2018
    [Contains sensitive content] Months before the massacre, the DEA launched “Operation Too Legit to Quit." It was aimed at stopping cocaine traffickers in Texas, but it led to the leaders of the Zetas cartel and a key piece of intelligence in Mexico. Hear the DEA agent and federal prosecutor at the center of that development explain how it happened - and from the cartel operatives who were their target.
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    21 mins
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  • Ep. 3: The Leak

    Ep. 3: The Leak
    May 3 2018
    [Contains sensitive content] U.S. officials begin to strategize over their next steps with the new intelligence. And then, a rash decision is made -- the trackable cell phone numbers they obtained for two top cartel members get shared with Mexico. And suddenly, the operation begins to unravel and violence erupts.
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    24 mins
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This was amazing

Such an incredible story told in such detail. I was drawn in from the first episode to the last.

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Devastating!

I hate the inhumane animals the gangs of Mexico are, the asinine US DEA government heads who decided they had to sell out the Mexicans they got to turn evidence to stop the flow of drugs into the US, thereby causing the massacre. And I'm disgusted at the cowardice of the Mexican government. I'm angry, and I'm devastated for the loss of families.

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great listen. heart breaking story.

heart breaking story learned a lot. well done with a good narration the people responsible should be held more accountable.

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A story worth telling

the story was worth telling but the series felt as if it lacked. still worth a listen to understand what happened to the people involved.

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Superb!

Great listen. Very well made documentary. Sound was also very good. Really impressive for free.

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Holy hell!

I had never even heard of this place or this situation and listening to it, knowing that it was a true story that it really happened, was horrifying.

We all hear about drug cartels and the war on drugs but I don't think we really can appreciate the horror of living in these places where these cartels have such a heavy hold.

It made me angry that the US refuses to be accountable for this, that they don't seem to give a damn in finding out who the informant was, letting these people live with this ambiguous loss for the rest of their lives after their children, husbands, loved ones have disappeared without a trace. They created this mess and refuse to be accountable for it. That makes me so sick.

The story was well researched and I liked the use of the actors to translate from spanish. Very well done and highly recommended.

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everyone needs to listen

It just makes you so aware of all the injustice in the world. This is an awful and eye opening story. Well read and well made.

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Good Reporting

Gives a mindful account on narco reporting. The audio narration is clear and the reporting is really well done.

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