Research Catalog

Title

At the devil's table : the untold story of the insider who brought down the Cali Cartel / William C. Rempel.

Author

Rempel, William C.

Publication

New York : Random House, ©2011.

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Details

Description

xv, 346 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

Traces the collaborative effort between two U.S. agents and a security chief for a notorious Colombian drug cartel to dismantle the organization and bring its leaders to justice, a life-risking venture marked by a race to protect the life of a key witness.

Subject

• Cali Cartel
• Cali Cartel
• Drug traffic > Investigation > Colombia > Cali
• Cocaine industry > Colombia > Cali
• Organized crime > Colombia > Cali
• Drogues > Trafic > Enquêtes > Colombie > Cali
• Cocaïne > Industrie > Colombie > Cali
• Crime organisé > Colombie > Cali
• Cocaine industry
• Drug traffic > Investigation
• Organized crime
• Drug traffic > Cali (Colombia)
• Cocaine industry > Cali (Colombia)
• Organized crime > Cali (Colombia)
• Colombia > Cali

Genre/Form

• True crime stories
• Récits criminels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Cartel war years, 1989-1993 -- Six and a half years earlier -- A terrible noise -- El Doctor and the gentlemen -- Welcome to the Cartel -- Target : Pablo -- Prisoner of the clouds -- Maternity and martial law -- The witch knows best -- How many did you kill? -- In the Cartel's secret service -- Meet the rival -- Sting of the dragonfly -- Get me a fork -- Into the black market -- The dark side -- The hauntings -- A shot at the FBI -- In too deep -- The Cartel's man, 1993-1995 -- A life sentence -- The new deals -- Far from heroic -- One honest man -- Sex, spies, and videotape -- The vulture account -- Her name was Emilia -- New kids in town -- The limit -- The last days, summer 1995 -- More wrong number -- A killer's busy day -- El Dorado in a desk -- Love in the time of crisis -- Who is Pallomari? -- They're coming -- Please don't leave -- I'm dead -- Very strange -- The gay caballeros -- Go for it -- The rising son -- Race the assassin -- A weekend funeral -- We know what you're doing -- The man who used to be -- Epilogue: wrapping up -- Appendix: Jorge and me.

ISBN

• 9781400068371
• 1400068371
• 9780679604877
• 0679604871

LCCN

2010045786

OCLC

• 663952522
• SCSB-12255335

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library