CARTELGRAM

CARTELGRAM

Book

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September 2024
First Edition of 700
Hardcover linen-bound with tipped-in photo and gold foil embossed text
196 pages, 149 images
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
ISBN: 978-90-833898-3-7

Description

Cartelgram delves into the world of Mexican drug cartels as they infiltrate social media, turning the platforms into tools of fear, communication, and recruitment. This compelling book uncovers how narcos, including buchonas (flashy, status-conscious women often romantically linked to cartel members), sicarios (hitmen), and high-ranking cartel members, use (graphic) violence, strategic communications, and cultural influence to expand their digital presence, undermine authorities, and lure new followers, revealing the dark undercurrent of crime that lurks beneath our everyday online interactions.

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550BC is an independent publishing house based in Amsterdam, founded in 2018. Specializing in the complex realities of organized crime and conflict, we explore these subjects through the lens of visual anthropology. Our photo books provide rare, first-person perspectives from within otherwise inaccessible worlds, often created in direct collaboration with those involved.

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