The Twilight of the Lord of the Roosters

Vanguardia

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The air in Tapalpa, usually fresh and smelling of pine, was weighed with the smoke of gunpowder and the echo of the propellers. From the early hours of the morning, a deployment of military and marine intelligence surrounded the strongholds of the world’s most sought-after capo. It was not a peaceful surrender; the siege resulted in armed clashes that recalled the darkest days of the war against the narco.”El Mencho,” who for years mocked the St…