On the Front Lines of America's Border Crisis.

Special Agent Eric Balliet worked in the shadows of the US–Mexico border—tracking cartel bosses, chasing human traffickers, locking up drug smugglers, confiscating truckloads of drugs, and prosecuting the violent offenders who sustained billion-dollar criminal empires.

His career culminated in a covert operation that brought down the world's most notorious drug kingpin: Sinaloa Cartel boss El Chapo—twice.

In Kingpins & Coyotes, this retired Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent relives the daily hunt in a world where narcotics and human beings move through the same corridors, pushed north by profit and protected by violence.

Balliet shows how federal agents outsmarted the bad guys bringing tons of drugs and vanloads of humans smuggled by coyotes across the Southern border.

With the candor of a field operator and the pacing of a thriller, Balliet speaks bluntly about the politics, turf battles, informant games, and hard truths behind the "war on drugs"—and why no wall, checkpoint, or slogan will ever be enough.

Inside, you'll discover:

• How cartels communicate, coordinate, and move tons of drugs across the border
• How human smuggling pipelines operate—and why so many end in tragedy
• Why America's longest, most expensive war isn't fought overseas

RAW. RIVETING. REAL.

Eric Balliet is a retired Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations where he spent over twenty-five years leading cross-border narcotics and human smuggling investigations.