Drug war zone : frontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Smuggling in the drug war zone: Introduction: Drug trafficking - studies and sources relevant to the Mexican-American drug war zone ; La Nacha: The heroin queen of Juarez ; The roots of contraband smuggling in El Paso ; Female drug lord ; Community-based drug use, smuggling, and dealing in the 1970s and 1980s ; Selling drugs in downtown Juarez: Juan and Jorge ; A young smuggler and his family ; Blaxicans: The life of a Chicano smuggler and musician on the borderline of African American and Mexican American culture ; Drug addiction and drug trafficking in the life of an anarchist ; Drug smuggling through tunnels: The tale of a scuba-diving instructor ; Witness to a Juarez drug killing
- Part 2. Law enforcement in the drug war zone: Introduction: Ethnographic dimensions of law enforcement in the drug war zone ; Undercover agent on the Border: Cultural disguises ; The death of Francisco ; A Juarez policeman fighting drug traffickers ; Journalism and drug trafficking: Covering the narco beat on the Border ; Patrolling the drug war zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on Drugs ; Intelligence and the drug war: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the Border ; Excerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler by Jerry Kamstra ; Agent on prohibition
- Epilogue and conclusion.
