Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields YA_Gift_Guide Riders Quadrant

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Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields YA_Gift_Guide Riders QuadrantCiudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. In Murder City, Charles Bowden one of the few journalists who spent extended periods of time in Juarez has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants a beauty