The Fight to Save Juárez: Life in the Heart of Mexico's Drug War by Ainslie, Ricardo C.

The Fight to Save Juárez: Life in the Heart of Mexico's Drug War

The city of Juárez is ground zero for the drug war that is raging across Mexico and...
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Author: Ricardo C. Ainslie
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Language: English
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The Fight to Save Juárez: Life in the Heart of Mexico's Drug War by Ainslie, Ricardo C.

The Fight to Save Juárez: Life in the Heart of Mexico's Drug War

€41,40

The Fight to Save Juárez: Life in the Heart of Mexico's Drug War

€41,40
Author: Ricardo C. Ainslie
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The city of Juárez is ground zero for the drug war that is raging across Mexico and has claimed close to 60,000 lives since 2007. Almost a quarter of the federal forces that former President Felipe Calderón deployed in the war were sent to Juárez, and nearly 20 percent of the country's drug-related executions have taken place in the city, a city that can be as unforgiving as the hardest places on earth. It is here that the Mexican government came to turn the tide. Whatever happens in Juárez will have lasting repercussions for both Mexico and the United States.

Ricardo Ainslie went to Juárez to try to understand what was taking place behind the headlines of cartel executions and other acts of horrific brutality. In The Fight to Save Juárez, he takes us into the heart of Mexico's bloodiest city through the lives of four people who experienced the drug war from very different perspectives--Mayor José Reyes Ferriz, a mid-level cartel player's mistress, a human rights activist, and a photojournalist. Ainslie also interviewed top Mexican government strategists, including members of Calderón's security cabinet, as well as individuals within U.S. law enforcement. The dual perspective of life on the ground in the drug war and the "big picture" views of officials who are responsible for the war's strategy, creates a powerful, intimate portrait of an embattled city, its people, and the efforts to rescue Juárez from the abyss.



Author: Ricardo C. Ainslie
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 04/01/2013
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780292738904


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/28/2013
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2013

About the Author
RICARDO C. AINSLIEA native of Mexico City, Ainslie is an award-winning psychologist-psychoanalyst who uses books, documentary films, and photographic exhibits to capture and depict subjects of social and cultural interest. His books include Long Dark Road: Bill King and Murder In Jasper, Texas; The Psychology of Twinship; and No Dancin' In Anson: An American Story of Race and Social Change. His films include The Mystery of Consciousness; Ya Basta! Kidnapped in Mexico; Looking North: Mexican Images of Immigration; and Crossover: A Story of Desegregation. Ainslie teaches at the University of Texas at Austin and also has a private practice with adult patients.


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