El Que Tenga Miedo a Morir Que No Nazca: Retrato de San Pedro Sula, Honduras / Fear Death, Don't Be Born

Para conocer esta historia desde su interior, el prestigioso periodista Juan Mart璯ez d'Aubuisson investig?por m嫳 de 10 a隳s las causas que provocaron que San Pedro Sula, Honduras, se transformara en una de las ciudades m嫳 homicidas del mundo.

Vivi?en barrios feroces, entrevist?en prisi鏮 a los l獮eres de las maras, atestigu?disputas por territorios y acompa嚧 a una de las caravanas hondure鎙s hasta M憖ico. Su compromiso puso en riesgo su vida, pero solo as?fue capaz de describir el dolor de una comunidad rota que resiste con ira y, al mismo tiempo, desafiar sus propios l璥ites como periodista al exponerse a la violencia en su estado puro.

La narraci鏮 se remonta a la llegada de las voraces bananeras a finales del siglo XIX, que despojaron de su riqueza a los pa疄es centroamericanos, poniendo y quitando dictadores; a la instalaci鏮 de las maquilas a mediados de los a隳s 70, lo que aument?las crisis; y al nacimiento de las pandillas m嫳 letales y con mayor influencia internacional: Mara Salvatrucha 13 y Barrio 18, maras que hasta hoy siguen disput嫕dose con extrema violencia el control de calles, c嫫celes y el destino de las personas.

Intensa, musculosa, cargada de detalles y sensaciones, de una franqueza extraordinaria, sin concesiones . --Fernanda Melchor

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

To understand this story from within, esteemed journalist Juan Mart璯ez d'Aubuisson spent more than 10 years investigating the causes that turned San Pedro Sula, Honduras, into one of the most homicidal cities in the world.

He lived in dangerous neighborhoods, interviewed gang leaders in prison, witnessed territorial disputes, and accompanied one of the Honduran caravans to Mexico. His commitment put his life at risk, but only by doing so was he able to depict the pain of a fractured community that resists with rage--while also challenging his own limits as a journalist by exposing himself to pure violence.

The narrative traces back to the arrival of aggressive banana companies in the late 19th century, which stripped Central American countries of their wealth, placing and removing dictators; to the establishment of maquiladoras in the mid-1970s, which deepened the crisis; and to the emergence of the most lethal and internationally influential gangs: Mara Salvatrucha 13 and Barrio 18--gangs that, to this day, continue to violently fight for control over streets, prisons, and people's fates.

"Intense, powerful, rich in detail and sensations, extraordinarily frank, without concessions." --Fernanda Melchor