Drug war zone: frontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez

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 t...

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Main Author: Campbell, Howard (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Austin University of Texas Press c2009
In:Year: 2009
Edition:1. ed.
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Drogenhandel
Drogenpolitik
Drug control > Case studies > Mexican-American border region
Drug control > Mexican-American Border Region > Case studies
Drug traffic > Case studies > Mexican-American border region
Drug traffic > Case studies > Social aspects > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
Drug traffic > Case studies > Social aspects > Texas > El Paso
Drug traffic > Mexican-American Border Region > Case studies
Drug traffic > Social aspects > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez > Case studies
Drug traffic > Social aspects > Texas > El Paso > Case studies
Fallstudie
Grenzgebiet
Mexiko
Mexiko > Vereinigte Staaten > Ciudad Juárez > El Paso/Tex. > Fallstudie > Drogen/Rauschmittel > Drogenhandel > Grenzgebiet > Drogenpolitik > Organisierte Kriminalität
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Rauschgift
USA > Mexiko > Grenze > Drogenhandel
USA > Mexiko > Grenzgebiet > Drogenhandel
Usa
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:310 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780292721265
9780292721791
0292721269
029272179X