Dirty Dealing: Drug Smuggling on the Mexican Border and the Assassination of a Federal Judge
Gary Cartwright
Mar 2020 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by J. Rodney Turner
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Minutes into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: "[Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra—the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of dope-running, border-crossing, high-living outlaws along the El Paso–Juarez border around his finger like the gaudy rings he favored—can be neatly summarized in that one sentence. Chagra dies not long after, yet he haunts the rest of this cautionary tale like a high-rolling specter.
Minutes into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: "[Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra—the son of Syrian immigran...
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Gary Cartwright (1934-2017) had a distinguished career as a journalist, author, and magazine writer. His honors include a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, the Stanley Walker Award for Journalism, and the Carr Collins Award for Nonfiction. Cartwright received his BA in journalism from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
J. Rodney Turner is a prolific audiobook narrator who specializes in historical fiction set in the post-Civil War era, as well as Westerns, mystery/thrillers, and crime dramas. Previously, he served as an air traffic controller in the Navy and in the Federal Aviation Administration.
Gary Cartwright (1934-2017) had a distinguished career as a journalist, author, and magazine writer. His honors include a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, the Stanley Walker Award for Journalism, and the Carr Collins Award for Nonfiction. Cartwright received his BA in journalism from Texas Christian Uni...
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