Mexico Violence

Between 1910 and 1920, vigilantes and law enforcement-including the renowned Texas Rangers - killed Mexican residents with impunity. The full extent of the violence was known only to the relatives of the victims. The Injustice Never Leaves You offers an invaluable account of why these incidents happened, what they meant at the time, and how a determined community ensured that the victims were not forgotten.

THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous...

Bloomsbury presents El Narco by Ioan Grillo, read by Paul Thornley. "Essential reading."-Steve Coll, NewYorker.com A gripping, sobering account of how Mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nation's democracy and reaches across to the United States. The...

From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond. "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling...

Este audiolibro es una investigación periodística y un recuento sobre una situación que, desde hace más de una década, ha llevado a familias mexicanas enteras a abandonar sus hogares: la violencia del narcotráfico. En 2010 comenzó la llamada guerra contra el narco; conocemos las noticias, los bandos, pero no la dimensión del desplazamiento interno por el miedo al fuego cruzado. En México existen colonias, pueblos, ciudades enteras en donde solo quedan las casas abandonadas y tomadas por el crimen organizado.

Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) is considered by Mexican and U.S. authorities as one of the most dangerous crime syndicates in the world at par with the Sinaloa Cartel one of their fierce rivals in Mexico. CJNG is an extremely violent group based in the Mexican state of Jalisco headed by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho” one of the world’s most wanted drug lords. This organization is involved in drug trafficking, firearms smuggling, kidnappings, extortion, murders, petroleum theft, human trafficking, racketeering, money laundering and many other criminal offenses. They ...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem)...

In this genre-deyfing, award-winning thriller, a desperate father journeys into the criminal underworld to save his family—but soon begins to lose sight of himself and what he set out to do. Buried in debt due to his young daughter’s illness, his marriage at the brink, Mario reluctantly...

Based on over a decade of research, a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war. The Way That Leads Among...

The true story of two American teenagers turned cartel assassins—and the Mexican American detective who fought to stop them. Wolf Boys is “a hell of a story…undeniably gripping” (The New York Times), a harrowing nonfiction thriller that reads like a crime novel but is rooted in...

The bloodbath out at the Shoemaker Ranch has the entire county on edge just as Bob Paul finally takes office. As the body count rises, the Virginian begins to question his relationship with the Cowboys. Nor is he the only man of influence questioning their connection to Newman Clanton and his den of thieves. With less political coverage north of the border and the rurales turning up the heat south of it, the last thing the Cowboys can afford to do is go to war with the Earps.

Javier Valdez ofrece un libro impactante que va del reportaje a la crónica para rescatar del silencio, de la nota roja y del olvido, a numerosas mujeres que viven entre las balas momentos cruciales de su vida. Amantes de capos, amigas de ellos o familiares, son mujeres con una verdad ardiente y dolorosa, que buscan el glamour y la hermosura, el poder económico y la huida de su realidad; mujeres que viven en el límite de la ley, la violencia y de la muerte.

Caught in the crosshairs of gang violence, a teen girl and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US border in this “engrossing” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult novel from the author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From. For seventeen-year-old Maya, trashion is her...

El organismo de Reinserta ofrece en este libro una guía básica e indispensable para saber qué hacer en caso de acoso, violación o abuso sexual. Con claridad en la exposición, ejemplos puntuales y testimonios impactantes, los miembros de Reinserta (penalistas, trabajadores sociales, abogadas, criminólogas, psicólogas y expertos en equidad de género) orientan a las lectoras y los lectores para que puedan ejercer sus derechos.

When New Mexico became part of the United States, the territory contained 295 land grants, the largest of these being the Maxwell Land Grant. The size and boundaries of the grant were disputed, with some believing that much of the land was public domain. Settlers on this land were fought not only by the land grant owners but also by a group of corrupt politicians and lawyers— known as the Santa Fe Ring (most notably Thomas Catron and Stephen Elkins)—who tried to use the situation for personal profit and land acquisition.

American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals. You'll never see your state fair or street festival the same way again. Comerford writes a bold, inspiring true story of a year working behind the scenes with the colorful characters and legends of carnivals. He shares stories of freaks, a carnival pimp, a tramp gold miner, and the last king of the sideshows.

Hundreds of thousands of people cross the southern border of the United States illegally. Most come in search of the American Dream, while others come for more nefarious reasons. For those coming to better their lives, getting by the thin, green line of Border Patrol Agents is only a part of the challenge. The real challenge is to survive. Follow Bob Heath, a South Texas Border Patrol Agent, with only a couple of years of service, and Juan Geronimo, a family man and native of Mexico, who is forced to make the journey north to provide for his family. Their worlds, as different as night and ...

A nation at war with shadows. Behind the headlines of cartel violence lies a far more complex battlefield — one shaped by intelligence agencies, military operations, corruption networks, paramilitary tactics, and covert struggles for territorial control. In this gripping volume of the Covert Operations Series, Edward H. Whitmore takes readers deep inside the hidden architecture of Mexico’s shadow war. Covert Operations Series – Mexico is not a conventional true crime book. It is a strategic and operational examination of how cartels evolved from criminal trafficking organizations into...

**One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019** This program includes a chapter read by the author. What happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system? When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than...

“Memorable, unflinching, and deeply human.” — Finalist, Grace Notes Publishing Fiction Contest What does it cost to find a home? In this award-winning collection of fourteen stories, the borders are more than just lines on a map—they are the boundaries of the human soul. From the dusty streets of Sinaloa to the bustling day-labor corners of the U.S., these stories pull back the curtain on a world defined by the search for dignity, purpose, and survival. Meet the unforgettable characters caught in the crossfire: Jesus, a rookie day laborer who must decide if his "American Dream" is ...