Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New

Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

Ciudad JuÃ¡rez 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 disintegrates. 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 JuÃ¡rez's culture of violence will not only worsen but inevitably spread north.
Country USA
Brand Bold Type Books
Manufacturer Bold Type Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-03-22
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781568586458

Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields