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BL
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946277
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b700647
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Campbell, Howard,1957-
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Drug war zone : : frontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez /\ Howard Campbell.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Austin :: University of Texas Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
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1 online resource (vi, 310 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0292799098
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: 9780292799097
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0292721269
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029272179X
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9780292721265
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9780292721791
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Annotation
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Drug control-- Mexican-American Border Region, Case studies.
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Drug traffic-- Social aspects-- Mexico-- Ciudad Juárez, Case studies.
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Drug traffic-- Social aspects-- Texas-- El Paso, Case studies.
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Drug traffic-- Mexican-American Border Region, Case studies.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Drug control.
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Drug traffic-- Social aspects.
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Drug traffic.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Mexico, Ciudad Juárez.
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North America, Mexican-American Border Region.
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Texas, El Paso.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.450972/16
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| LC Classification
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HV5831.M46C36 2009eb
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