Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence and Abuse

by Howard Campbell

Book Overview

At least 200,000 people have died in Mexico's so-called drug war, and the worst suffering has been in Ciudad Ju?rez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. How did it get so bad? After three decades studying that question, Howard Campbell doesn't believe there is any one answer. Misguided policies, corruption, criminality, and the borderland economy are all factors. But none explains how violence in downtown Ju?rez has become heartbreakingly "normal."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477323899
• ISBN13: 9781477323892
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"