In March 2011, gunmen from one of the most violent drug trafficking cartels in the world swept through a small Mexican border town, leaving behind dozens of disappearances and deaths. This series follows ProPublica's Pulitzer Prize-winning Ginger Thompson as she investigates an instance where America's war on drugs had devastating civilian consequences. The Making of a Massacre includes interviews with surviving townspeople, officials, and cartel members - voices of some townspeople have been narrated by actors in translation - and is particularly timely given Trump's aggressive and erratic threats to clamp down on groups like MS-13.
As an Audio Show - free for members - when you add The Making of a Massacre to your library, you'll get all 5 episodes, each with a runtime of about 25 minutes.
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(Audible Original, 3 May 2018, 2 hours 10 minutes, audiobook, Audible Show, freebie from @audibleuk)
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I was not aware of the massacre before I listened to this podcast. I found this quite engrossing to listen to at times though the presentation made it seems like fiction at times. For me, it didn't quite work. West Cork is a better example of a true crime Audible show. I liked the fact the show includes interviews with townspeople, local officials and even members of the Cartel behind it all. This is allows a much broader take on what happened from everyone involved rather than focusing on one POV. Some of the townspeople were narrated by actors and I'm convinced one was Danny Trejo. The voice sounded like him anyway. One of the things that struck me is how indifferent law enforcement seems to be about what happened. People file missing person reports and start to ask questions and disappear themselves. There is no real attempt to get to the truth or do anything. This indifference chilled me
