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The Drug War Is the Inevitable Result of Capitalism Gone Mad; Ciudad Juarez Is All of Our Futures

Ed Vulliamy, Comment Is Free. June 21, 2011.

Narco-cartels are not pastiches of global corporations, nor are they errant bastards of the global economy – they are pioneers of it.

Inside the World's Deadliest City

Jeremy Gantz, In These Times. September 20, 2010.

Juarez’s anarchy cannot be separated from American policy and drug addictions, says journalist Charles Bowden.

You Can't Understand Drug War Bloodbath in Mexico Unless You're Living It

Charles Bowden, High Country News. March 26, 2010.

"Living on the border can cripple a person's emotional range. I grow more numb with each passing day."

Juarez Prison Celebrates International Women's Day With Lurid "Captive Beauty" Pageant

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 16, 2010.

As women across the globe remembered the 500 victims of serial sex murder in Juarez, Mexico, the city's prison authorities used female prisoners to pander to male fantasies.