Hunting El Chapo audiobook

Real life thriller with interesting details about the case. Will never be able to travel to Mexico now…lol.

Me parece un libro bien redactado, sin embargo me hubiera gustado un poco más de historia en la captura del Chapo como tal, pues parece mucho preámbulo y poco desenlace.

Very well written tale. amazing courage and competence by the author. Great insight for us into many aspects of the drug underworld and how it touches us all.

Un libro fascinante y de interés contemporáneo sobre, como indica el subtítulo, la caza de Joaquín «El Chapo» Guzmán Loera por la DEA y sus homólogos mexicanos, desde la perspectiva de Andrew Hogan, agente de la DEA. El Chapo, uno de los narcotraficantes más exitosos y más buscados del mundo, construyó su cartel poderoso y temido, y su negocio multimillonario, por medio de violencia y explotando la corrupción de muchas autoridades en su país. Hogan tuvo un papel clave en la búsqueda y la captura, y cuenta la historia detallada de como él y sus colegas estadounidenses y mexicanos lo persiguió hasta capturarlo. Las estrategias del narco y de los agentes son intrigantes y la historia tiene un ritmo rápido; se aprende mucho de la red de protección de El Chapo y de la caza paciente de Hogan y sus colegas. Sin embargo, hay limitaciones de la historia; en particular, hace falto contexto para entender verdaderamente la vida y éxito de Guzmán. En particular, no trata las razones por la corrupción en México y el papel de todos que hacen que el negocio funcione, desde narcos jóvenes hasta los consumidores de los EEUU. No es que se deba esperar de un libro así—contado desde la perspectiva de una persona con un papel especifico—otros enfoques; sin embargo, la historia no puede explorar suficientemente a Guzmán sin alguna exploración de estos elementos.

Muy buen libro que detalla cómo capturaron al chapo luego de 14 años de fugado, es relatado por un ex integrante de la DEA y se lee como un thriller por lo emocionante de su relato Uno conoce como son capturados este tipo de personajes y la importancia de las labores de inteligencia, buena parte del éxito de su operación se basó en que tenían interceptados sus teléfonos Se aclaran muchos mitos qué hay respecto al chapo pero lo único comprobable es que uno de sus lugartenientes tenía infiltrada a la sedena porque sabían de antemano las operaciones del ejército En cambio habla muy bien de los integrantes de la marina , una de las aportaciones de este libro es conocer a estos héroes anónimos que combaten al narco a costa de sus vidas y de su bienestar emocional Muy interesante saber lo qué hay detrás de la captura de este asesino serial y narco

Recounting how a Kansas farm boy grew up and went to work for the DEA, eventually tracking down the world's most notorious drug lord. The narrative here is matter-of fact and dispassionate-Hogan apparently has no need of ego gratification as he tells of the years-long struggle to bring El Chapo to justice. He also details some of the interagency turf wars and political infighting that in some respects hampered the pursuit of El Chapo, as well as the rampant corruption in the Mexican police system and military that enabled and even aided Chapo in eluding and escaping punishment for years prior to his final arrest. I was curious to know what effect Hogan's consuming obsession had on his family life but that is a minor point. A fascinating insider look at one of the major criminal cases of the century.

This book reads like a thriller, with all the twists and turns you wouldn't expect! But it's a true-to-life tale of a DEA agent with insight on one of the biggest criminal takedowns in modern history. The author, Andrew Hogan, retold his story without any braggadocio. The whole story felt like you were right there with him for the intel/data gathering and the major events. I listened to it on Audible and my husband read it in hardback. Both of us were equally impressed with the intense writing and the page-turning appeal of the book. Take a minute to start it and you won't be disappointed!

This book is right up my alley but I fully understand why most other people would hate reading it. If you’re of a similar disposition to me you’ll find that this book is informative and exciting. Even knowing how the story ends I could not put the book down and felt engrossed in every step of the investigation. I felt the emotion in every success and every failure Andrew Hogan experienced as if I was there hunting alongside him. Great book I highly recommend reading this if you’re interested in the investigation side of true crime if not give it a skip. TLDR: I enjoyed it and my opinion is the most important to me!

Fascinating book. Got this as a gift for my birthday, couldn’t put it down. The true crime aspect, the heritage aspect, the mythos. One part of this book that got my nerd-knobs turning was learning about the custom comms network chapo had setup using blackberry’s network; bbm?! Boy does that take me back… ugh I miss phones with full keyboards :o) ; that part intrigued me because regardless of the criminal enterprise, the succes is often only as good as your OPSEC ( a la Silk Road dude getting busted because they distracted him and snatched his laptop so it wouldn’t be encrypted). Good read.

Great read.I have been following Chapo for a long time. This book was especially interesting since I have traveled to Mazatlan for 35 years and I happened to be in Mazatlan the day he was captured. A good friend who works at a local restaurant was there early that morning and described what was going on so early in the morning. I have been past the Miramar Hotel numerous times. I felt Andrew and his partner did a great job telling the story. I am familiar with many of the places in the book. Thank you for telling the story and am looking forward to the movie next!

If, like me, you consider the War on Drugs an endless waste of time, lives, and resources, but still find the characters who run these narco empires weirdly interesting, this is a good read in the tradition of Mark Bowden's Killing Pablo.What was perhaps most interesting for me is that Guzman (El Chapo) wasn't even interesting as a person. His desires and management style were of the lowest level, and he just managed to be "last rat standing." Until he wasn't anymore.He now lives with inmates like the Unabomber at a facility he won't be escaping from anytime soon.