take control of the lucrative juarez plaza from the juarez plaza run by fuentes. the mexican military said 10,000 troops and 10,000 federal police to juarez but this only worsened the violence. military is alleged to have committed hundreds of human rights abuses and the police are notoriously corrupt. there's no end in sight to this bloody conflict. the purpose of my book is to put a human face on the statistics to look at cultural dimensions of drug trafficking. the book is modeled on studs terkel sprick "working" explores the lives of drug traffickers and enforcements and their own words. so that as a sort of a brief statement about the mexican drug war and the purpose of my book to put a human face on this bloody tragedy going on throughout mexico and worst in juarez. >> i should add this is a first academic book published about the drug trafficking war so it is valuable especially when all we have right now are news accounts which are helpful that at the same time promote some false assumptions about this issue. so a very useful book and also a very accessibl

of the lucrative plats from the juarez. the mexican military said 10,000 troops in 2000 federal police to training purposes only worsen the violence. the military has alleged to create human rights abuses in the police are notoriously corrupt. there's no end in sight to this bloody conflict. the purpose of my book is to put a human face on the statistics, to look at the cultural dimensions of drug trafficking. the book is my last turkel spoke working critics put the lives of drug traffickers and enforcement officials in our own words. so that's what a babe reefed statement about the mexican drug war and the purpose of my book to try to put a human face on this really bloody tragedy that's going on throughout mexico. >> i should add that this is the first academic book published about your trafficking world on the us-mexico border. so it's extremely valuable, especially no recovery now to read our news accounts, which are very helpful, but at the same time promote some false assumptions about this issue. so he very, very use

. >> 2009 was a record year for drug-related deaths in mexico, especially in juarez.rder from el paso, texas. the government has not released official figures but the unofficial count shows 7,600 mexicans lost their lives last year. more than 2,500 of those deaths -- or 25 of those deaths, i should say, happened in juarez. >>> a tragic truth, when guns are fired into the air, the bullet has to fall somewhere. celebratory gunfire on new year's eve proved dangerous in three cities. a 4-year-old in decatur, georgia, was killed by a stray bullet that pierced the roof of a church where he was attending a new year's eve service. the child died after being rushed to a hospital. and in environmentingham, georgia, a man was asleep in bed just before midnight when he was hit by a bullet. the slug fell through the roof of his mobile home and hit him in the leg. and in miami, florida, a 6-year-old was hit by a stral bullet when eating at an outdoor restaurant. the boy is in serious condition but is expected to recover. the city's mayor says it will warn people about the dangers o

especially in juarez across the border from el paso.e government has not released official figures but the unofficial count shows 7600 mexicans lost their lives last year. more than 2500 of those deaths happened right in juarez. >>> an orphan finds happiness through a chance encounter, a new life, a new family, after a good samaritan intervened. a last host at tavern on the green, i was there almost there at the time it closed and now take a look, we'll go back and take a look for you at the restaurant that shut down, maybe for good. we'll update you. let me take this. wait, there's no such thing as a projector phone. no, it's the lg phone and projector. there's no such thing as an lg phone and projector. ta-da. what ? the man said "ta-da" ! introducing the lg expo smartphone and lg projector. only at at&t. pediatricians trust children's tylenol. to help their fevers, aches and pains feel better. the chevy malibu and toyota camry received 5 star crash safety ratings. but only malibu has onstar. big deal. i'll just use my phone. let's sa

this is in juarez but there isç no war being waged by the u.s. of fact a couple of el paso eldermen asked, had legislation approved in the city council to allow medical marijuana inxd el paso. it was then vetoed by i think the mayor or the governor of texas. but what the el paso community wanted exactly was to liberalize consumption and possession of marijuana and some other drugs because it is such a safe community it seemed like the best idea. so, yes, there is violence on the mexican said but the issue is is this a war because there is violence or is there violence because there is a war? s juarez seems to indicate the war comes first. chris: lumpkin texas is next. democrats line. james, go ahead. john: yes. i hear this gentleman up here saying that, oh we should protect our borders, we should do this and that. we are giving so much money to that phony mexican government over there, there have been dictator ships the whole team. they are the most crooked government. i was born and raised on a ranch outside of laredo and my family, my grand fat

this is in juarez but there isç no war being waged by the u.s.overnment or texas state government or el paso community. as a matter of fact a couple of el paso eldermen asked, had legislation approved in the city council to allow medical marijuana inxd el paso. it was then vetoed by i think the mayor or the governor of texas. but what the el paso community wanted exactly was to liberalize consumption and possession of marijuana and some other drugs because it is such a safe community it seemed like the best idea. so, yes, there is violence on the mexican said but the issue is is this a war because there is violence or is there violence because there is a war? s juarez seems to indicate the war comes first. chris: lumpkin texas is next. democrats line. james, go ahead. john: yes. i hear this gentleman up here saying that, oh we should protect our borders, we should do this and that. we are giving so much money to that phony mexican government over there, there have been dictator ships the whole team. they are the most crooked government. i was bor

i travelled on behalf of amnesty several times to mexico and met with the mothers of juarez. many of you know about the situation. this is the city where women have come from all parts of mexico to work their. the income, the work during the day, they go to night school to improve the situation and many of these young women have been killed, a seductive, kidnapped, raped and their bodies found mutilated afterwards and the mothers constantly said to me no one cares and it's true. police did not investigate these cases. there have been no until recently there were no prosecutions and the mother says no one cares. we don't count. we don't count because we are poor women. and the powerlessness of the poor is a defining feature of their life, so it's a discrimination, its sensitivity, its exclusion is deprivation. that is what makes poverty. and these issues are human rights issues. that is why poverty is a human rights problem. the other point that i talk about in my book is how one of these problems reinforces the office of that there is a constant downward spiral from which peo

festival in austin, howard campbell talks about the drug war in the border towns of el paso, texas, and juarezmexo. . .