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020			_a9780762791255 (hardback)
020			_a076279125X (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)857803587 _z(OCoLC)882576274 _z(OCoLC)883146469
050	0	0	_aHV5831.M46 _bD45 2014
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100	1		_aDeibert, Michael.
245	1	0	_aIn the shadow of Saint Death : _bthe Gulf Cartel and the price of America's drug war in Mexico / _cMichael Deibert.
264		1	_aGuilford, Connecticut : _bLyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, _c[2014]
300			_axix, 316 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520	2		_a"With the war between the Mexican state and the drug traffickers operating within its borders having claimed over 70,000 lives since 2006, noted journalist and author Michael Deibert zeroes in on the story of the notorious Gulf Cartel, their deadly war with their former allies Los Zetas, the cartels' connections in Mexican politics and what its trajectory means for Mexico's--and America's--future. Punctuated by the disappearance of busloads of full of people from Mexican highways, heavy-weapon firefights in once-picturesque colonial towns and the discovery of mass graves, nowhere has the violence of Mexico's drug war been more intense than directly across the border from East Texas, the scene of a scorched-earth war between two of Mexico's largest drug trafficking organizations: the Gulf Cartel, a criminal body with roots stretching back to Prohibition, and Los Zetas, a group famous for their savagery and largely made up of deserters form Mexico's armed forces. From the valleys and sierras of rural Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon to the economic hub of Monterrey, the violence rivals anything seen in the more well-known narco war in Ciudad Juarez, 830 miles to the west. Combining dozens of interviews that the author has conducted over the last six years in Mexico and other countries in the region along with a vast reserve of secondary source material, In the Shadow of Saint Death gives U.S. readers the story of the war being waged along our border in the voices of the cartel hitmen, law enforcement officials, politicians, shopkeepers, migrants and children living inside of it year-round. Through their stories, the book will pose provocative questions about the direction and consequence of U.S. drug policy and the militarized approach to combating the narcotics trade on both sides of the border"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 304-305) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue -- The Frontier -- The Rise of the Gulf Cartel -- Enter Los Zetas -- No Truce and No Quarter -- La Zona Libre -- By Fair Means or Foul -- Breaking Up -- Enemies Everywhere -- The Ghosts of San Fernando -- States of Siege -- The Highway of Death -- Casino Royale -- Veracruz -- Messages -- The Executioner's Song -- Day of the Dead -- Epilogue.
650		0	_aDrug traffic _zMexican-American Border Region.
650		0	_aDrug dealers _zMexican-American Border Region.
650		0	_aCartels _zMexican-American Border Region.
650		0	_aDrug control _zMexican-American Border Region.
650		0	_aDrug control _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrug traffic _xSocial aspects _zMexican-American Border Region.
650		0	_aViolence _zMexican-American Border Region.
650		0	_aInterviews _zMexican-American Border Region.
651		0	_aMexican-American Border Region _xSocial conditions.
650		7	_aTRUE CRIME / Organized Crime. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aCartels. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00847991
650		7	_aDrug control. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01032891
650		7	_aDrug dealers. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01432137
650		7	_aDrug traffic. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00898722
650		7	_aDrug traffic _xSocial aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00898737
650		7	_aInterviews. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00977644
650		7	_aSocial history. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01122498
650		7	_aViolence. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01167224
651		7	_aNorth America _zMexican-American Border Region. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01239966
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
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