TY  - BOOK
AU  - Campbell,Howard
TI  - Drug war zone: frontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez 
T2  - The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
SN  - 9780292721265 (alk. paper)
AV  - HV5831.M46 C36 2009
U1  - 363.450972/16 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Drug traffic
KW  - Mexican-American Border Region
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Drug control
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Texas
KW  - El Paso
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Ciudad Juárez
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -