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A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
Atria
April 2007
On Sale: March 27, 2007
336 pages
ISBN: 0743292030
EAN: 9780743292030
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Despite the fact that
Juarez is a Mexican border city just across the Rio Grande
from El
Paso, Texas, most Americans are unaware that for more than
twelve years
this city has been the center of an epidemic of horrific
crimes against
women and girls, consisting of kidnappings, rape,
mutilation, and
murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific
profile:
young, slender, and poor, fueling the premise that the
murders are not
random.
Indeed, there has been much speculation that the killer or
killers are
American citizens. While some leading members of the
American media
have reported on the situation, prompting the U.S.
government to send
in top criminal profilers from the FBI, little real
information about
this international atrocity has emerged. According to Amnesty
International, as of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been
recovered,
with hundreds still missing. As for who is
behind the
murders themselves, the answer remains unknown, although
many have
argued that the killings have become a sort of blood sport,
due to the
lawlessness of the city itself. 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, all the while lining their
pockets with
money drenched in blood. Despite numerous
arrests over
the last ten years, the murders continue to occur, with the
killers
growing bolder, dumping bodies in the city itself rather
than on the
outskirts of town, as was initially the case, indicating a
possible
growing and most alarming alliance of silence and cover-up
by Mexican
politicians. The Daughters of Juárez
promises to
be the first eye-opening, authoritative nonfiction work of
its kind to
examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these
atrocities on
the border. The end result will shock readers and become
required
reading on the subject for years to come.
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