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Summary:

For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile--young, slender, and poor. Speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens has led the U.S. government to send in criminal profilers from the FBI, but little real information about this international atrocity has emerged. As of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been recovered, with hundreds still missing. Among the theories being considered are illegal trafficking in human organs, ritualistic satanic sacrifices, copycat killers, and a conspiracy between members of the powerful Juárez drug cartel and some corrupt Mexican officials who have turned a blind eye to the felonies. This book is the first to examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these atrocities on the border.--From publisher description.

Author/Creator:

Rodríguez, Teresa

Contributors:

Montané, Diana

Pulitzer, Lisa

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The daughters of Juárez: a true story of serial murder south of the border [by Rodríguez, T.]

Subjects:

Serial murders — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Murder — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Women — Crimes against — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Women — Violence against — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Missing persons — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Murder victims — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) — Politics and government — 20th century

Corruption — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Transnational crime — Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

Criminal justice, Administration of — Mexico

1900-1999

Murder

Women — Crimes against

Women

Women — Violence against

Missing persons

Murder victims

Politics and government

Corruption

Transnational crime

Criminal justice, Administration of

Serial murders

Mexico

Mexico — Ciudad Juárez

General Notes:

Includes index.

Physical Description:

xvii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

HV6535.M43 C58685 2007

ISBNs:

9780743292030 (hardcover)
0743292030 (hardcover)

OCLC Numbers:

99995728