Bowden, Charles, 1945-

Murder city : Ciudad Juárez and the global economy's new killing fields / Charles Bowden ; photographs by Julián Cardona. - New York : Nation Books, c2010. - xiv, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Library Journal, April 2010 Kirkus Starred, January 2010 Booklist, April 2010

Chronicles the rapid decline of the city of Cuidad Juárez, Mexico, beginning in 2008 when more than twenty police officers were murdered, describing how drugs, globalization, corruption, and immigration have lead to increased violence and murder and created a dangerous city where crime runs rampant.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9781568584492 (trade : alk. paper) 1568584490

2010001716


Drug traffic--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.
Narco-terrorism--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.
Murder--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.
Drug traffic--Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)
Terrorism--Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)
Homicide--Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)


Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Social conditions.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Social conditions.

HV5840.M42 / C5826 2010

364.152/3/097216