Eclipse of the Assassins

"A compelling account of the thirty-year investigation by reporters Russell and Sylvia Bartley to unravel two of the most significant political assassinations of the twentieth century--the blatant 1984 slaying of Mexican journalist Manuel Buendia and the brutal 1985 torture-execution of U.S. DEA agent Kiki Camarena. Rather than finger-pointing, arm-waving accusations, the authors use these killings to plunge deep into the clandestine domain created by shipment of CIA guns south through Mexico to the Nicaragua Contras and smuggling of drugs north into the U.S., simultaneously compromising the Mexican state and corrupting U.S.-Mexican relations."--Alfred W. McCoy, author of Torture and Impunity: The CIA Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation

"An informed and informative expose of the dark underbelly of American political corruption that was well hidden from the general public by the presidential administrations that inflicted it. . . . Invaluable and highly recommended."--Midwest Book Review
"Reflects a thirty-year investigation by the two reporter authors who examine two of the most important political assassinations of the 20th century: a Mexican journalist and a U.S. DEA agent. . . . No collection strong in international politics or espionage should be without this hard-hitting examination, which takes two seemingly isolated circumstances and connects a range of events."--Bookwatch
"These events have been a taboo subject for mainstream media and most academics. Like a Russian novel, Eclipse of the Assassins has a vast cast of characters meshing together in a world where the murder is never perfectly solved but is finally understood."--Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
"Uncovers the authors' proposed motive for the Buendia assassination: his knowledge of Mexico's connection to the Iran-Contra affair. . . . Offers important insights into Mexico's dirty war and the US-Mexican relationship during the late Cold War. . . . Bartley and Bartley have uncovered a chilling transborder history of government collusion to silence criticism and subvert dissidents."--Hispanic American Historical Review