The untold story of the man who risked everything to take down the world's largest drug cartel.
William Rempel spent 36 years as an investigative reporter and editor at the Los Angeles Times. While at the paper, he produced ground-breaking reports on subjects ranging from oil tanker safety to the al Qaeda threat prior to September 11, 2001. His investigative work on the corrupt regime of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos led him to disclosure of the Marcos diaries and resulted in Delusions of a Dictator. His international stories include exclusive reports detailing secret US arms deals with Iran, tracking tons of explosives smuggled to terrorist camps in Libya, tracing embargoed nuclear technology shipped out of South Africa, and documenting the use of Ukrainian cargo planes by Colombian drug lords. His domestic stories have inspired consumer protection legislation, exposed dishonest public officials, and disclosed controversial government actions from city halls to the White House. Rempel has been recognized with numerous journalism honors, including an Overseas Press Club award, the Loeb Award, and was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
Columbia has been devoured by drug lords: this is a thrilling tale
of one man's resistance.
*The Times, Book of the Week*
In this powerful and riveting work of nonfiction, William
Rempeldemonstrates the virtues of investigative reporting. Gaining
access to the figure that could - and indeed did - spill the
secrets that brought down a cartel, Rempel has an extraordinary
story to tell. He not only takes the reader inside the hidden world
of the drug cartels. He also provides a fascinating character study
of man who must answer a simple harrowing question: Should he risk
his life in order to save his soul, or should he keep a pact with
the devil?
*David Grann, author of THE LOST CITY OF Z*
Bill Rempel has earned his reputation as one of America's finest
investigative reporters the old fashioned way - by getting people
to tell him explosive stories they won't talk about with anyone
else. At The Devil's Table brings Rempel's skills to the fore as
never before,revealing the graphic details of Colombia's bloody
drug wars from the ultimate insider. By the end, you realize that
the biggest mystery is how Jorge Salcedo stayed alive long enough
to tell Rempel about his amazing life.?
*James Risen, author of State of War: The Secret History of the CIA
and the Bush Administration*
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