Drug Lord

The True Story of Pablo Acosta: The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin

By: Terrence E. Poppa

Narrated by: Armando Duran

Drug Lord, a firsthand account of drug dealing, murder, and corruption, tells of drug kingpin Pablo Acosta, who smuggled up to 20 tons of cocaine each year into the United States before treachery brought about his downfall and grisly death.

©2019 Terrence E. Poppa (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Real facts not whats on netflix

Great details. Great sources. Accurate facts. The war on drugs is an exercise in futility. It will never stop. “As long as americanans want drugs ill sell them”-Pablo Acosta.

History lesson

Highly informative without exploiting or glamorizing the subject matter. Highly recommended. The narrator was also top notch .

Not just another cartel book

Drug Lord reveals the story of Pablo Acosta, critical figure in the transitional time period between old world and modern Mexican Drug cartels. If you watched Narcos Mexico, they paid no real honest time on the subject of Acosta, which is a shame because he was authentic Bandito, with old world values, and he controlled an area of central Mexico which was the gateway between the southern states of Oaxaca, Michoacán and Acapulco and N Mexico. For people who loved the (now gone) great Mexican landrace pot strains from the 60s and early 70s, and wonder what happened, this story provides the missing links.

Exciting book

The book was well written and it has a bunch of action in it, for being a true story. If you have 12 hours of time to listen to a story full of heart riveting action, well then check this out.

Great story!!!

Well written and very entertaining. Ton of dates and facts. It was a shame that it ended.

One of the best crime books I ever listened to.

Captivating and enticingly well read. I was almost sad to reach Pablo's death, even though I knew it was the climactic part of his life.

Great book

re-watched Narcos mexico after the reading, was great for reference and a better understanding of the show.

eye opening

good book. If you were naive about what goes on in Mexico, this should open your eyes.

Drug Lord review 2019

The book was recommended to me by a friend in 2018 but I had been unable to find it in an audible format until a few days ago. It was worth the wait. Captured my attention instantly and I finished it in record time considering i have not read a novel in many years. The story is very intense and being about true events, provides an education on something that everyone should be aware of. I would recommend this to anyone looking to learn about drug trafficking but it should be noted this book has a lot of well described and vivid violence.

Very good tell

Great narrator awesome story im loving these drug smuggler books. Palo was a legend of Ojenaga the people loved him.