De carnaval, reinas y narco
Subtitle: el terrible poder de la belleza
By: Arturo Santamaría Gómez
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Grijalbo
Published: 2014
Language: spa
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9786073120869
Subjects: Tráfico de drogas; Drug traffic; Mujeres; Concursos de belleza; Beauty contests; Women
Description: Informed and thorough (although bordering on gossipy) exploration of involvement from 1899 to present of Sinaloa state beauty queens in organized crime. Combining bibliographic research with chronicles and local testimonies, evokes glamorous world of Carnaval and often tragic stories of women plucked from populace to be glittering symbols of power's seductions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215).