The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Armando Durán (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Armando Durán
Armando Durán narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 352 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,026 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin is an audiobook by Terrence E. Poppa: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Armando Durán, released March 26, 2019, on the Social Science and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Armando Durán
- Released
- March 26, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, True Crime
- ISBN
- 9781982641238
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin as an audiobook?
The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin?
The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin is narrated by Armando Durán.
Is The Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.