Title: The daughters of Juárez
First published: 2007
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Administration of Criminal justice, Violence against, Murder, Serial murders, Criminal justice, Administration of, Political corruption, Transnational crime, Crimes against, Murder victims, Missing persons, Women, Murder, mexico, Women, crimes against, Victims of crimes, Corruption
Places: Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), Mexico
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: HV6535.M43 C5864 2007