Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juarez (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere)

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
PART ONE. Smuggling in the Drug War Zone......Page 42
Introduction: Drug Trafficking -- Studies and Sources Relevant to the Mexican-American Drug War Zone......Page 44
La Nacha: The Heroin Queen of Juárez......Page 47
The Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El Paso......Page 60
Female Drug Lord......Page 67
Community-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980s......Page 83
Selling Drugs in Downtown Juárez: Juan and Jorge......Page 104
A Young Smuggler and His Family......Page 113
Blaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderline of African American and Mexican American Culture......Page 120
Drug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an Anarchist......Page 138
Drug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving Instructor......Page 165
Witness to a Juárez Drug Killing......Page 173
Photo Insert......Page 178
PART TWO. Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone......Page 198
Introduction: Ethnographic Dimensions of Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone......Page 200
Undercover Agent on the Border: Cultural Disguises......Page 206
The Death of Francisco......Page 220
A Juárez Policeman Fighting Drug Traffickers......Page 227
Journalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the Border......Page 242
Patrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on Drugs......Page 254
Intelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the Border......Page 266
Excerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry Kamstra......Page 284
Agent against Prohibition......Page 286
Epilogue and Conclusion......Page 292
Notes......Page 302
References......Page 314
Index......Page 324