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10%OFFJohn Gibler - To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (City Lights Open Media) - 9780872865174 - V9780872865174
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To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (City Lights Open Media)

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Description for To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (City Lights Open Media) Paperback. On-the-ground reporting and behind-the-scene stories from Mexico's drug war by Mexico-based journalist, John Gibler. Series: City Lights Open Media. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Mexico is in a state of siege. Since President Felipe Calderon declared a war on drugs in December 2006, more than 38,000 Mexican have been murdered. During the same period, drug money has infused over $130 billion into Mexico's economy, now the country's single largest source of income. Corruption and graft infiltrate all levels of government. Entire towns have become ungovernable, and of every 100 people killed, Mexican police now only investigate approximately 5 eases. But the market is booming: In 2009, more people in the United States bought recreational drugs than ever before. In 2009, the United Nations ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
City Lights Open Media
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9780872865174
SKU
V9780872865174
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About John Gibler
John Gibler weaves narrative journalism with lyrical descriptions, combining the journalist's trade of walking the streets and the philosopher's task of drawing out the tremendous implications of the seemingly mundane. Gibler has been living and writing from Mexico since 2006. He has reported for Left Turn, In These Times, Common Dreams, Yes! Magazine, Colorlines, and ZNet, and has been featured ... Read more

Reviews for To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (City Lights Open Media)
"Gibler (Mexico Unconquered) documents Mexico's drug war, its enormous profits and grievous human costs, in taut prose and harrowing detail. As the demand for recreational drugs spikes in the U.S., money from the drug trade has become Mexico's largest source of income. Gibler's front-line reportage coupled with first-rate analysis gives an uncommonly vivid and nuanced picture of a society riddled ... Read more

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