Gangs of the El Paso-Juárez borderland a history

"This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juarez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. From the badlands-...

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1. Verfasser: Tapia, Mike 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 2019
Ausgabe:First edition
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: The El Paso-Juárez Borderland as place and its criminal subculture
  • The early barrio gangs of El Paso, Te3xas: 1920s to 1960s
  • A gang history of Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Anthony, New Mexico: Influences and network linkages from all directions
  • Cuidad Juárez: the epicenter then and now
  • El Paso's modern gangs and the barrio Azteca
  • The role of history and geography on criminal subcultures
  • Appendix A: Historical street gangs inventory, El Paso
  • Appendix B: Historical street gangs inventory, Juárez