«Este libro trata de c mo el crimen organizado dej de infiltrarse en el Estado para convertirse en parte de l. Mientras los pol ticos hablaban de transici n democr tica, el pa s se transformaba silenciosamente en una narcocracia.
Sergio Villarreal Barrag n, alias el Grande, fue miembro de la c pula del C rtel de Sinaloa, uno de los hombres m s cercanos a Arturo Beltr n Leyva y testigo directo de c mo el narcotr fico se convirti en el principal engranaje del poder en M xico. Durante a os, las vidas del entonces narcotraficante y de la periodista Anabel Hern ndez transcurrieron en paralelo: l ayudando a construir un imperio criminal y ella persiguiendo la verdad detr s de l, hasta que la historia termin por ponerlos frente a frente. Es la primera vez en M xico que un exmiembro del crimen organizado de esa jerarqu a rompe el silencio y acepta dar una entrevista frontal, sin concesiones, inc moda, de la cual emerge un descarnado testimonio en el que revela su convivencia, amistad o guerra con los narcotraficantes m s poderosos como Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Ismael el Mayo Zambada, Arturo Beltr n Leyva y Rub n Oseguera Cervantes, el Mencho. Y lo que vivi en los momentos cruciales de la sangrienta cruzada de los narcos por la conquista de M xico. En Narcocracia, Hern ndez convierte ese relato en una radiograf a del pa s que muchos prefieren no mirar: gobernadores, generales, senadores, secretarios de estado, empresarios y hasta presidentes de M xico y otras naciones atravesados por el dinero del crimen organizado. La tesis del libro es contundente: los c rteles no avanzaron por azar ni nicamente por la fuerza de las armas, sino mediante una estrategia de conquista territorial basada en el soborno sistem tico de las autoridades. Plaza por plaza, instituci n por instituci n, el crimen organizado ocup los espacios que el Estado fue dejando vac os. Con la voz del Grande y la investigaci n de una periodista a la que el poder no ha logrado silenciar, este libro obliga a enfrentar una pregunta inc moda: qui n gobierna realmente a M xico?ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"This book is about how organized crime stopped infiltrating the State and became part of it. While politicians spoke of a democratic transition, the country was quietly transforming into a narcocracy."
Sergio Villarreal Barrag n, alias El Grande, was a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Arturo Beltr n Leyva's closest associates, and a firsthand witness to how drug trafficking became a central mechanism of power in Mexico. For years, the lives of the former drug trafficker and journalist Anabel Hern ndez unfolded along parallel paths: he helped build a criminal empire, while she pursued the truth behind it, until history ultimately brought them face-to-face. This marks the first time in Mexico that a former organized-crime figure of such high rank has broken his silenceand agreed to a direct, uncompromising, and uncomfortable interview. What emerges is a stark testimony in which he reveals his alliances, friendships, and wars with some of the most powerful drug traffickers, including Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Arturo Beltr n Leyva, and Rub n Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho." He also recounts what he witnessed during pivotal moments in the cartels' bloody campaign to conquer Mexico. In Narcocracy, Hern ndez transforms his account into an X-ray of a country that many would rather not examine: governors, generals, senators, cabinet secretaries, business leaders, and even presidents of Mexico and other nations, all touched by the money of organized crime. The book's thesis is unequivocal: the cartels did not advance by chance or through the force of arms alone. They pursued a strategy of territorial conquest built on the systematic bribery of authorities. Territory by territory, institution by institution, organized crime occupied the spaces the State left vacant. Through the voice of El Grande and the investigation of a journalist whom those in power have been unable to silence, this book forces readers to confront an uncomfortable question: Who really governs Mexico?
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