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Drug violence at the border—will it ever stop?

By AirTalk Staff
Published Oct 26, 2010
A member of a social organization protests against Ciudad Juarez's drug gangs' violence, in Mexico City. The T-shirt reads 'Drug trafficker, shoot here'.
A member of a social organization protests against Ciudad Juarez's drug gangs' violence, in Mexico City. The T-shirt reads 'Drug trafficker, shoot here'.
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Drug violence at the border—will it ever stop?
People are dying along the U.S.-Mexico border at alarmingly high rates. 2,657 people were murdered in Ciudad Juarez in 2009 alone. Ed Vulliamy’s new book Amexica: War Along the Borderline explores the complexities of border life, digging deeper into this civil war being fought over access to U.S. drug markets. What can be done to stop this horrific violence? Has Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s war on drugs worked? And how might women and church groups mend the rift in Mexican society?

People are dying along the U.S.-Mexico border at alarmingly high rates. 2,657 people were murdered in Ciudad Juarez in 2009 alone. Ed Vulliamy’s new book Amexica: War Along the Borderline explores the complexities of border life, digging deeper into this civil war being fought over access to U.S. drug markets. What can be done to stop this horrific violence? Has Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s war on drugs worked? And how might women and church groups mend the rift in Mexican society?

Ed Vulliamy will be discussing and signing Amexica at Eso Won Bookstore tonight at 7pm.

Guest:

Ed Vulliamy, author of Amexica: War Along the Borderline; Senior International Correspondent for The Guardian