The daughters of Juárez
Subtitle: a true story of serial murder south of the border
By: Teresa Rodriguez, Diana Montané with Lisa Pulitzer.
Contributors: Montané, Diana.; Pulitzer, Lisa Beth.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780743292030
Subjects: Serial murders -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Murder -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Women -- Crimes against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Women -- Violence against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Missing persons -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Murder victims -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Political corruption -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Transnational crime -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Mexico.; Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile--young, slender, and poor. Speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens has led the U.S. government to send in criminal profilers from the FBI, but little real information about this international atrocity has emerged. As of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been recovered, with hundreds still missing. Among the theories being considered are illegal trafficking in human organs, ritualistic satanic sacrifices, copycat killers, and a conspiracy between members of the powerful Juárez drug cartel and some corrupt Mexican officials who have turned a blind eye to the felonies. This book is the first to examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these atrocities on the border.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.