02363cam a2200301 a 4500 090604s2009 txuabf b s001 0 eng 9780292721265 0292721269 9780292721791 029272179X SDU HV5831 C36 D 2009 Campbell, Howard, 190420 Drug war zone : frontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez / Howard Campbell. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009. 310 p. ill. The William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere 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. HKBU library YT2025 M08 Drug traffic Mexican-American Border Region 190421 Drug control Mexican-American Border Region 190422 Drug traffic Social aspects Texas El Paso 190423 Drug traffic Social aspects Mexico Ciudad Juárez 190424 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 103100 103100 0 0 lcc 0 HV5831 C36 D2009 0 CGB 279322 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-08-26 2 HV5831 C36 D 2009 1000370140 2025-08-26 00:00:00 C.1 2025-08-26 GBE