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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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Episodes
  • 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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    24 mins
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I was engrossed in the story and it was very well explained in the narration.

Very well presented.

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Sometimes the cruelty of humans and their blindness to the real twisted horror of the world is shocking. I read this as I wanted to learn more about it. I heard nothing about it where I live and the fact that people try and bury this, hide the full horror worries me. We are not perfect and never will be but the cruelty of the cartels and the depth of their corruption saddens me. A must read if you can stomach it. Can be a little slow at times.

Humans are evil

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I had never heard of this massacre before. Understanding the drug cartels and the impact they had on this village, who was involved, especially government officials was shocking. The victims stories were gut wrenching. To think that this was a good endeavour made by the US that turned so badly wrong, due to chain of command decisions resulting in the deaths of hundreds...makes you think about how you see the cartels work and how not everyone is a willing participant. The things you'll do to protect your family, unless you're in that situation you just cannot judge. May the victims find some peace, justice doesn't seem an option. So sad and haunting.

Incredibly Sad and haunting

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

WoW

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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.

Terrible story, so tragic

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