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A Fresh Female Narrative Ignites "Civil War."
Spoiler alert: If you plan to see Alex Garland’s new movie “Civil War” then don’t read this until you have.
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Deborah Bonello

March 2024

March 28, 2024
I’ve been writing about mano dura, or “hard fist” security strategies in the region, and thinking about the concept of corruption in the U.S., compared…
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Deborah Bonello
March 26, 2024
I keep getting asked by friends and contacts for a Substack update. “About what?” I ask, disbelieving that anyone wants to know as much about female…
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Deborah Bonello
This Narca Pleaded Guilty, But Got 33 Years Behind Bars. Was She the Last Big Fish of Her Generation?
Julia Martha Lorenzana-Cordon was handed down a massive sentence earlier this month, but my source said she wasn’t as bad as the men in her trafficking…
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Deborah Bonello

February 2024

Everything Netflix’s ‘Griselda’ Left Out About the Narca’s Violent History
Blanco came up from the bottom in 1940s Colombia, and according to historians was involved in crime basically from the time she could walk.
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Deborah Bonello
AMUSED
Chapter 1
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Deborah Bonello

January 2024

Numb
Chapter 1
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Deborah Bonello
This Bolivian Beauty Queen Got Arrested But Her Narco Boyfriend Escaped
Alondra Mercado Campos got arrested in Bolivia days before Christmas. Her narco boyfriend Andres Vasquez allegedly slipped out the back of the house…
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Deborah Bonello
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The End of VICE News Latam Marks New Beginnings
Some rare personal updates, and new intentions for 2024
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Deborah Bonello
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September 2023

The highest-ranking woman in the Sinaloa Cartel Vs Emma Coronel.
Women's power today still seems to be defined by old metrics: What they look like and who they're sleeping with.
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Deborah Bonello
The Women of the Mara: Adriana
Even if the gangs are officially instructed not to allow women into the organization, some homegirls remain in El Salvador. Adriana, whom I met in San…
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Deborah Bonello

August 2023

The Women of the Mara: Brenda
The brutal murder of Brenda Paz in the United States had consequences for women in the Barrio 18 gang in Central America.
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Deborah Bonello
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