02243cam a2200265 a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059020001800074020001500092040000800107050002300115100002200138245010300160250001200263260004800275300001700323490009400340505130600434505001701740518001501757650004901772650004901821650004901870650005801919090604s2009    txuabf   b   s001 0 eng    a9780292721265  a0292721269  a9780292721791  a029272179X  aSDU00aHV5831bC36 D 20091 aCampbell, Howard,10aDrug war zone :bfrontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez /cHoward Campbell.  a1st ed.  aAustin :bUniversity of Texas Press,c2009.  a310 p.bill.  aThe William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere0 aPART 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.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M08 0aDrug trafficzMexican-American Border Region 0aDrug controlzMexican-American Border Region 0aDrug trafficxSocial aspectszTexaszEl Paso 0aDrug trafficxSocial aspectszMexicozCiudad Juárez