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In this gritty exposé, a firsthand look inside U.S. undercover operations targeting the immigrant smuggling, counterfeiting, and drug rings of Mexicoâs dangerous mafia.Living under an assumed identity and risking his life were all in a dayâs work for U.S. Government Agent Hipolito Acosta. He worked regularly in high-stakes undercover operations infiltrating Mexicoâs murderous immigrant smuggling rings and drug cartels. Acostaâs investigations are legendary, both inside law enforcement and the crime cartels he helped neutralize. He had himself smuggled from Mexico to Chicago with a truckload of poor immigrants; worked his way into the confidences of a gang of international counterfeiters; socialized with some of Mexicoâs most vicious drug lords; arrested a female smuggler by luring her across the U.S. border for an amorous rendezvous; and was the target of multiple murder plots by the criminals he put in jail. For three decades, Hipolito Acostaâs work routinely made national headlines, and he quickly gained a reputation as a daring crime fighter who used his intelligence and audacity to stay one step ahead of those who would kill him if his cover were ever blown. Acostaâs stories read like chapters from a page-turning crime novel, but The Shadow Catcher is more than a front-seat ride through the criminal underworld along the U.S./Mexico border. This heartbreaking exposé goes beyond sensational headlines and medals of honor to divulge what an agent endures in order to ensure that U.S. law is enforced and to reveal the unseen human side of illegal immigration.
Hardcover:
9781451632873 | Atria Books, April 17, 2012, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: In this gritty exposé, a firsthand look inside U.
Paperback:
9781451632880 | Reprint edition (Atria Books, June 25, 2016), cover price $15.00
Paperback:
9781451666472 | Atria Books, June 19, 2012, cover price $16.00
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