4Una propuesta pura y firme del papel del Ej rcito en las ejecuciones a personajes del crimen organizado y, lamentablemente, a hombres y mujeres inocentes.

Con una investigaci n que confronta la opini n de soldados, mandos medios y altos de la milicia, se ofrece el otro rostro de la muerte en la lucha contra el narcotr fico: los levantones, la extorsi n creciente y el conflicto con huachicoleros. Los reporteros

revelan en qu momento se rompe la l nea entre la obediencia y el acto alevoso, por qu a pesar de las m ltiples recomendaciones de derechos humanos se mantiene la tortura, la privaci n ilegal de la libertad, el asesinato artero, sin piedad ni averiguaci n.

Este libro, ganador del primer Premio Javier Valdez C rdenas que reconoce el periodismo
combativo, tiene tambi n un rostro humano al descubrir las condiciones en las que viven soldados y v ctimas, qu ofrecen las autoridades para evitar el abuso de poder y c mo la guerra contra el narcotr fico lo nico que ha conseguido es que la violencia en todos los rdenes de la vida social haya crecido y cobrado m s v ctimas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A work about the role of the armed forces in the executions of people within organized crimes and, unfortunately, in the executions of innocent men and women.

With an investigation that gathers information from soldiers, middle and high-ranking commanders of Mexico's armed forces, the authors offer the other side of the fight against drug trafficking: ongoing kidnappings and disappearances, ever growing extortions, and the conflict with the "huachicoleros", groups committed to the theft and illicit sale of motor fuel. These two journalists reveal at what point the line between obedience and treachery is crossed, and why despite the multiple recommendations from human rights organizations, people continue to be tortured, illegally denied of their freedom, and assassinated without any mercy or due process.

This book, winner of the first-ever Javier Valdez C rdenas Award which acknowledges combative journalism, also has a human side and sheds a light on the conditions in which soldiers and victims live. It also proposes that the only thing that has been achieved by the war against drug trafficking is that violence, in all areas of social life, has grown and claimed more innocent lives.