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...narrator) and the seemingly irrelevant details that embellish individual plotlines emerge from nowhere and are cast off almost as quickly; “He said his name was Harry Magaña, or at least that’s how he wrote it, but he pronounced it Magana, so that when he said it you heard Macgana, as if the self-sucking faggot was of Scottish descent.” Soon enough, Harry Magaña disappears and never returns. The inconsequence of his place in the world of “2666,” like so many...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Topography of Hell: Roberto Bolaño’s ‘2666’ | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...least five Mexican drug rings are under investigation, some of them related to the Michoacan-based Magana family. In June 2001, nine members of the Magana clan pleaded guilty in federal court to narcotics charges and were given prison sentences ranging from four to 12 years. The Maganas have been tied to 20 large gardens with more than 100,000 plants in the Sequoia, Sierra, Stanislaus and Mendocino national forests. They also supplied workers for pot farms on federal land in Arkansas, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington. According to investigators, the Maganas and other groups have used profits from methamphetamine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busted! | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

...Ramirez Magana said the debates would discuss issues such as the Mexican political situation or social problems in Mexico...

Author: By Emilie L. Kao, | Title: HOLA, HUMA Elect New Officers | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...They [the new leaders] want to give continually to ongoing projects, integrating all of the Mexican students from different faculties," Ramirez Magana said. "One innovation will be sports activities between students and another will be monthly round tables and debates...

Author: By Emilie L. Kao, | Title: HOLA, HUMA Elect New Officers | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...Ramirez Magana is also the outgoing president and one of the founders of Harvard Organization of Latin America (HOLA). Claudia Llaredo'95 and Andrea M. Flamenco '96 were elected co-presidents for next year at HOLA's Wednesday night meeting...

Author: By Emilie L. Kao, | Title: HOLA, HUMA Elect New Officers | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

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