Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders

Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders

Itâ€™s the summer of 1998 and for five years over a hundred mangled and desecrated bodies have been found dumped on the Chihuahua desert outside of JuÃ¡rez, MÃ©xico, just across the river from El Paso, Texas. The perpetrators of the ever-rising number of violent deaths target poor young women, terrifying inhabitants of both sides of the border.

El Paso native Ivon Villa has returned to her hometown to adopt the baby of Cecilia, a pregnant maquiladora worker in JuÃ¡rez. When Cecilia turns up strangled and disemboweled in the desert, Ivon is thrown into the churning chaos of abuse and murder. Even as the rapes and killings of â€œgirls from the southâ€ continueâ€”their tragic stories written in desert bloodâ€”a conspiracy covers up the crimes that implicate everyone from the Maquiladora Association to the Border Patrol.

When Ivonâ€™s younger sister gets kidnapped in JuÃ¡rez, Ivon knows that itâ€™s up to her to find her sister, whatever it takes. Despite the sharp warnings she gets from family, friends, and nervous officials, Ivonâ€™s investigation moves her deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of silence.

From acclaimed poet and prose-writer Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood: The JuÃ¡rez Murders is a gripping thriller that ponders the effects of patriarchy, gender identity, border culture, transnationalism, and globalization on an international crisis.
Country USA
Manufacturer Arte Público Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-07-29
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Arte Público Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-07-29
Format	Kindle eBook

Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders

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