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The Making of a Massacre

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 centre 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 strategise 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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wasn't bad

could be better strughled to finish the middle however all around not that bad i think

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What happens when psychopaths have power

Sad and shocking tale from the war on drugs. America's role in the deaths of many innocent people. I feel sorry for ordinary Mexicans who have to live with the corruption and power mad cartels. Sheds some light on something both th American and Mexican Government are reluctant to talk about.

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great story and journalism

the story was very engaging and a reminder of how terrible people can be around the world. Sad and tragic to realise the cost of human error and even worse, the cost of human endless greed.

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Good podcast and well narrated

Enjoyed this podcast, time seemed to fly listening to each episode. Such a tradegdy and feel sorry for the families left with no real answers.

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Call me educated & I love to learn new things & podcasts like this are great

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great production

really enjoyed this, great research and well produced. Highlighted so much sadness that's related to the drug trade

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An Utterly Barbaric Tale

This is genuinely an amazing story where truth is actually more evil than fiction. I have seen much less extreme stories in fictional thrillers described as being unrealistic. It's an unbelievably tragic story of oppression, corruption and unrestrained violence. The fact that it can happen in the modern day will seem almost inconceivable to most of us in the UK but is unfortunately a reality for some.

The production values are as you would expect very strong but to me some of it seemed overly dramatic in tone. The story is an incredible one in its own right so introducing the chapters in the same tone as an action movie trailer and so on really isn't needed. Maybe it does help for a US audience, I couldn't say, but it did take a little of the impact away for my personal tastes.

That said, it is a story that needed to be told, and it needs to be heard so if you have a couple of hours free take the time. just don't expect any faith you have in the goodness of humanity to survive unscathed.

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Very very touching and anger inducing.

Well made but hurts to the core what humans are capable of. Puts life in perspective.

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Terrible story, so tragic

Listening to this makes you realise the trauma, corruption and devistation caused by drugs and the whole world surrounding it. Very well portrayed and delivered but how do you move on from something like this? America needs to take a long, hard look at itself and you can also see why so many people want to cross the border.

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Shocking story

A story that needs to be heard, told with compassion and feeling with out being overly dramatic, it let's the victims and the facts speak for them selves

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