03042cmm a2200373 4500 214800640 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 100120s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780292799097 electronic bk. 0292799098 electronic bk. 9780292721265 0292721269 9780292721791 pbk. : alk. paper 029272179X pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)500998571 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ YDXCP GPM OCLCQ E7B TXU CNCGM FVL OCLCQ DKDLA TxAuBib Campbell, Howard, 1957- Drug war zone [electronic resource] : frontline dispatches from the streets of El Paso and Juárez / Howard Campbell. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009. 1 online resource (vi, 310 p., [20] p. of plates) : ill., map. William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere, The Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) 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. Drug traffic Mexican-American Border Region Case studies. Drug traffic Social aspects Texas El Paso Case studies. Drug traffic Social aspects Mexico Ciudad Juárez Case studies. Drug control Mexican-American Border Region Case studies. Social sciences General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Infrastructure. Electronic books. The William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=299173 EBSCOhost