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Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
Murder City Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields Author:Charles Bowden Ciudad Juárez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad or Mogadishu.In Murder City, Charles Bowden has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegr... more »ates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants--a raped beauty queen, a repentant hit man, a journalist fleeing for his life--with a broader meditation on the town's descent into anarchy, Bowden reveals how Juárez's culture of violence will not only worsen but inevitably spread north.« less
ISBN-13: 9781568586458 ISBN-10: 1568586450 Publication Date: 3/22/2011 Pages:352 Edition:First Trade Paper Ed Rating: