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University of Texas Press
Language
English
Pages
310

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Subjects
Case studies, Drug traffic, Social aspects of Drug traffic, Drug control, Texas, social conditions, Mexico, social conditions
Places
El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Mexican-American Border Region, Mexico, Texas, Mexican-American border region

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2009, University of Texas Press
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2009, University of Texas Press
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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere, William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
Genre
Case studies

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363.450972/16
Library of Congress
HV5831.M46 C36 2009, HV5831.M46C36 2009

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Pagination
vi, 310 p., [20] p. of plates :
Number of pages
310

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OL24073357M
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drugwarzonefront0000camp
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0292721269, 029272179X
ISBN 13
9780292721265, 9780292721791
LCCN
2009021911
OCLC/WorldCat
373560916

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