Murder city : Ciudad Juárez and the global economy's new killing fields / Charles Bowden ; photographs by Julián Cardona.
By: Bowden, Charles.
Contributor(s): Cardona, Julián.
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BookPublisher: New York : Nation Books, c2010Description: xiv, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781568584492 (trade : alk. paper); 1568584490.Subject(s): Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez | Narco-terrorism -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez | Murder -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez | Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Social conditions | Drug traffic -- Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) | Terrorism -- Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) | Homicide -- Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) | Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 364.152/3/097216 Summary: 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.
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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.
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