Óscar Martínez – författare

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Economist & The Financial TimesOne day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. �scar Mart�nez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and down the migrant trail from Central America and across the US border. More than a quarter of a million Central Americans make this increasingly dangerous journey each year, and each year as many as 20,000 of them are kidnapped.Mart�nez writes in powerful, unforgettable prose about clinging to the tops of freight trains; finding respite, work and hardship in shelters and brothels; and riding shotgun with the border patrol. Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs, The Beast is the first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the narcotraficantes.

El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years, with Guatemala close behind. Every day more than 1,000 people-men, women, and children-flee these three countries for North America. �scar Mart�nez, author of The Beast, named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, Mother Jones, and the Financial Times, fleshes out these stark figures with true stories, producing a jarringly beautiful and immersive account of life in deadly locations.Mart�nez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where Central American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages, and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums. With his precise and empathetic reporting, he explores the underbelly of these troubled places. He goes undercover to drink with narcos, accompanies police patrols, rides in trafficking boats and hides out with a gang informer. The result is an unforgettable portrait of a region of fear and a subtle analysis of the North American roots and reach of the crisis, helping to explain why this history of violence should matter to all of us.

El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years, with Guatemala close behind. Every day more than 1,000 people-men, women, and children-flee these three countries for North America. Óscar Martínez, author of The Beast, named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, Mother Jones, and the Financial Times, fleshes out these stark figures with true stories, producing a jarringly beautiful and immersive account of life in deadly locations.Martínez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where Central American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages, and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums. With his precise and empathetic reporting, he explores the underbelly of these troubled places. He goes undercover to drink with narcos, accompanies police patrols, rides in trafficking boats and hides out with a gang informer. The result is an unforgettable portrait of a region of fear and a subtle analysis of the North American roots and reach of the crisis, helping to explain why this history of violence should matter to all of us.

As a boy, Miguel �ngel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerillas and US-backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang--MS-13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, The Hollywood Kid joined a wave of thousands of US-bred gangsters, whose violence--in concert with corrupt offiicals--have in turn helped propel new waves of refugees. The incomparable Salvadoran journalist Oscar Martinez got to know the Hollywood Kid and met with him as he first turned on MS-13, killing gang members, and then in turn was assassinated by other gang members. In intensely vivid scenes, Martinez and his anthropologist brother Juan tell the story of a violent life and death--and of the geopolitical forces that propelled a country into becoming one of the most violent on earth.

As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US-backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang, MS-13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, the Hollywood Kid joined a wave of US-bred gangsters, whose violence-in concert with corrupt offiicals-have in turn helped propel new waves of refugees.The incomparable Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martinez got to know the Hollywood Kid and met with him as he first turned on MS-13, killing gang members, and then in turn was assassinated by other gang members. In intensely vivid scenes, Martínez and his anthropologist brother Juan tell the story of a violent life and death-and of the geopolitical forces that propelled a country into becoming one of the most violent on earth.

Die Länder Zentralamerikas haben die höchsten Mord­raten der Welt. Millionen Menschen fliehen vor der Gewalt, die dort zwischen verfeindeten Gangs herrscht. Wer sind die jungen Männer, die sich den Banden anschließen und denen ein Menschenleben nichts wert zu sein scheint? Welche Rolle spielten die USA bei der Entstehung ihrer Strukturen? Eine hochspannende Reportage über einen Killer der Mara Salvatrucha 13.Jährlich versuchen Tausende von Menschen, aus Zentralamerika in die USA zu fliehen. Länder wie El Salvador leiden unter einem entsetzlichen Bandenkrieg und verzeichnen die höchsten Mordraten der Welt. Die Mara Salvatrucha 13 allein hat dort geschätzte 40.000 Mitglieder: junge Männer ohne Perspektive, die sich im tödlichen Wettstreit mit den Rivalen Status und Respekt erwerben.Miguel Ángel Tobar, genannt El Niño de Hollywood, ist einer von ihnen. Schon als Junge wird er zum skrupellosen Mörder für die MS-13, und später ihr Opfer: Als die Gang seinen Bruder ermordet, schwört er Rache. Seine Zeugenaussagen helfen, mehr als dreißig ranghohe Mitglieder der MS-13 vor Gericht zu stellen. Doch die Mara kennt kein Erbarmen, und der salvadorianische Zeugenschutz ist dürftig.Auf der Grundlage von Interviews mit El Niño, ehemaligen Gangmitgliedern, Polizisten und jahrelanger Recherche zeichnen die Brüder Martínez in ihrer spannenden Reportage nicht nur das erbärmliche Leben und Sterben eines Killers der MS-13 nach. Sie erzählen auch, wie die Mara Salvatrucha in den Achtzigern in den USA entstand, wie abgeschobene Kriminelle die Gangkultur in die bürgerkriegszerrütteten Heimatländer exportierten und seitdem die Straßen beherrschen. Ein so faktengesättigtes wie erschütterndes Porträt aus dem Inneren einer der gefährlichsten Gangs der Welt.

La guerra contra el narcotráfico que se libra en México es un fenómeno infinitamente más complejo al que solo podremos aproximarnos cuando logremos rebasar las imágenes y los titulares que el "rating" demanda. Por ello, se reúnen en este volumen los trabajos de siete periodistas que han investigado el tema en profundidad, que han reflexionado sobre él y que han recorrido el campo de batalla para conocer de primera mano las historias de aquellas personas que, por voluntad o forzosamente, protagonizan este conflicto.Los textos han sido seleccionados con la intención de ofrecer al lector una visión estereoscópica. Cada uno de ellos aborda el asunto desde una perspectiva diferente. En "La alfombra roja, el imperio del narcoterrorismo" Juan Villoro reflexiona sobre el germen del problema: la oscuridad de la política mexicana y la impunidad. Pablo Ordaz, en "La muerte imparable", sale a patrullar las calles de Ciudad Juárez con un comando de la Policía Federal; Edgar D. Piñón Balderrama, en "Mi vida con el narco", nos cuenta cómo es ser periodista cuando el cártel de Juárez llama a tu móvil. Alejandro Almazán escribe la crónica "Las chicas Kaláshnikov", la vida de dos asesinas a sueldo contratadas por los cárteles. En "Los faraones", Diego E. Osorno cuenta cómo los narcos mexicanos llevan su opulencia característica al cementerio; Óscar Martínez nos entrega "Nosotros somos Los Zetas", una crónica sobre el cártel al que se le atribuye el secuestro y la matanza de cientos de inmigrantes; por último, Marcela Turati documenta el drama de las fosas comunes en "Descomposición nacional".

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