The killing fields
Subtitle: harvest of women : the truth about Mexico's bloody border legacy
By: by Diana Washington Valdez.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Peace at the Border; Peace at theBorder
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780615140087
Subjects: Serial murders -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Women -- Crimes against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Murder victims -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Mass murder -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Politics and government.
Work titles: Cosecha de mujeres.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. [347]-357) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue. Deaths that cry out; title: 1. Border safari; title: 2. Near cartel ranch; title: 3. Lomas de Poleo; title: 4. Atrocities; title: 5. Sagrario's death; title: 6. The gringo; title: 7. Cristo Negro; title: 8. Death of a lawyer; title: 9. Cotton field murders; title: 10. Crime scene; title: Map of the danger zone; title: 11. The drug cartel; title: 12. Amado's cartel; title: 13. Isabel and Heidi; title: 14. Cartel wars; title: 15. The police cartel; title: 16. Terror with a badge; title: 17. Police blotter; title: 18. Sharif the Egyptian; title: 19. Investigations on trial; title: 20. Escaped serial killer; title: 21. FBI : operation Plaza Sweep; title: 22. FBI : Mexico's "dirty war"; title: 23. FBI : the femicides; title: 24. FBI : botched operation; title: 25. Modus operandi; title: 26. Operation Sagrario; title: 27. Mexico's secret files; title: 28. Pacts of power; title: 29. Chihuahua City; title: 30. The femicides spread; title: Map of Mexico femicides; title: 31. The politicians; title: 32. The pact; title: Epilogue. What must be done.