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Élmer
Mendoza

Élmer Mendoza was born in Mexico and is a professor and author who through his writing genre  explores drug trafficking and corruption in Latin America. He won the José Fuentes Mares National Literary Prize for Janis Joplin’s Lover, and the Tusquets Prize for Silver Bullets.

Élmer Mendoza was born in Mexico and is a professor and author who through his writing genre  explores drug trafficking and corruption in Latin America. He won the José Fuentes Mares National Literary Prize for Janis Joplin’s Lover, and the Tusquets Prize for Silver Bullets.

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