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"La estrategia de combate al crimen organizado que puso en marcha el presidente Felipe Calderón desde el principio de su gobierno es un parteaguas en la historia reciente de la seguridad nacional. La participación activa de las fuerzas armadas en labores de procuración de justicia, y lo que significó en términos de violencia, diplomacia y creación de políticas públicas, tuvo consecuencias ineludibles que se viven aún hoy. A partir de 34 entrevistas...
1262) Zależna od mafii
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"Julia nigdy nie okazywała słabości. Nawet po odejściu matki, a potem aresztowaniu ojca. Nawet kiedy została porwana, upokorzona i traktowana jak czyjaś własność. Gdy ojciec Julii i Patryka wychodzi z więzienia, w ich domu pojawia się Filip Vedetti i żąda spłaty długu. W ramach zapłaty zabiera Julię. Zaborczego syna mafii podnieca jej opór. Chce, żeby należała do niego. Kobieta wchodzi z nim w niebezpieczny układ: ma zbliżyć...
1263) One way street
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After stealing an L.A. gangster's money- and his girlfriend- the crooked Dr. Frank Mantson hides out in a small Mexican village. When the townspeople take him in, he decides to live an honest life in Mexico. But, in true noir fashion, destiny awaits the doc in fatalistic Los Angeles.
1264) El infierno
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Benny returns to his desolate hometown after 20 years in the United States to find it in the grip of a murderous drug boss, falling in with El Cochiloco and his gang of hitmen.
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Reborn! volume 9
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Tsuna, Reborn and their friends are in deep trouble! The villainous Mukuro appears to be unstoppable, and further efforts by Yamamoto and Gokudera to take him down only seem to prove the point. It finally falls to Tsuna to face this nemesis, though he knows he doesn't have a prayer of coming out of the encounter in one piece. His only hope is to receive a Deathperation Shot, but Reborn has only one left! Will it be enough?
1267) Graveyard of honor
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Follow the rise and fall of real-life gangster Rikio Ishikawa.
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Discover the gangster who all but ruled Chicago through bootlegging and murder, Al Capone. Meet the lawmen of the frontier who tried to take on the Wild West's most notorious outlaws. Find out how the criminal lovers Bonnie & Clyde really met, and how they came to their tragic fate. Meet the Illinois gangster who took on the Ku Klux Klan, Charles Birger. Learn about The Dalton Gang, the band of brothers who terrorized the Wild West in the late 1800s....
1270) Daredevil noir
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"Prohibition-era Hell's Kitchen is Kingpin territory, and until now, his only problem has been the masked vigilante known as Daredevil. When gangster Orville Halloran arrives on the scene, fresh from a stretch in Sing Sing and eager to stretch his wings, Hell's about to get hotter. For P.I. Foggy Nelson and his loyal assistant Matt Murdock, it all starts when a desperate woman comes to their office with an irresistible story about her and Halloran....
1272) The Phoenix
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"Ella Praeger has always felt like an outsider. So when she is called to join the ranks of The Group, a force for good operating in the shadows, her world shifts. She is gifted a purpose - and a dangerous legacy. Years ago, The Group rid the world of one of its most powerful criminal masterminds. Yet when a child washes up on a beach in Greece, a mysterious symbol tattooed on its heel, it is a clear warning: impossibly, Athena Petridis has returned...
1273) Command to kill
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A Danny Pearson thriller volume 7
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An Australian Billionaire creates a global network of unwitting killers. When Scott's sister, Nicki stumbles upon her boss's secret, Danny, Scott and Nicki are drawn into a deadly world where anyone can be the enemy... While visiting Scott's sister in Sydney, Danny, Scott and Nicki end up running for their lives as Australian billionaire, Theodore Blazer tries to kill them for what they know. There's only one thing Blazer didn't bank on, Danny Pearson...
1275) Chicago
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"Mike Hodge, un veterano de la Gran Guerra, es periodista del Chicago Tribune durante los violentos años veinte. Mientras investiga una muerte relacionada con el crimen organizado, la mujer de la que está enamorado es asesinada. Para Mike, averiguar quién la ha matado se convierte en una cuestión personal y no le importan las consecuencias que esto puede acarrear. Chicago, un thriller contundente y enrevesado ambientado en la mafiosa Ciudad de...
1276) Bugsy Siegel
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"From his stormy relationship with the beautiful Virginia Hill to his mysterious murder, Biography presents an up-close look at the mobster who lived his life at nothing short of full-throttla"--Container.
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"Sirviéndose de su larga experiencia de trabajo con temas fronterizos, Longmire da vida a la real amenaza que representan los carteles mexicanos que operan no solo por toda la frontera del suroeste, sino también en lo más profundo de todos los rincones de Estados Unidos. También ofrece soluciones reales a los críticos dilemas que enfrentan México y Estados Unidos, entre ellas programas para impedir que los jóvenes mexicanos se unan a los carteles...
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"En la Manhattan actual, donde transcurre nuestra historia, dos familias de brujos rivales luchan por conservar el control de sus respectivos imperios criminales. A un lado del conflicto están las hermanas Antonova, todas ellas hermosas, astutas y despiadadas; y su madre, la discreta proveedora de estupefacientes de primera calidad conocida como Baba Yaga. Al otro lado, los influyentes hermanos Fedorov sirven a su padre, el jefe criminal apodado...
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"Mob Wives season 3 is all about new scores and new wars. In the wake of ex-husband Junior's betrayal, Renee battles an ongoing secret. Big Ang copes with the fallout from her son's drug rehabilitation and final sentencing. Drita carefully considers her next steps after learning that her husband Lee is being released from jail. Things continue to heat up between Carla's husband Joe and his much younger girlfriend, and Karen learns some shocking...