HOWARD CAMPBELL is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is the co-editor of the University of Texas Press Inter-America Series.

• IntroductionPart I. Smuggling in the Drug War ZoneIntroductionLa Nacha: The Heroin Queen of JuÁrezThe Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El PasoFemale Drug LordCommunity-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980sSelling Drugs in Downtown JuÁrez: Juan and JorgeA Young Smuggler and His FamilyBlaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderlines of African American and Mexican American CultureDrug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an AnarchistDrug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving InstructorWitness to a JuÁrez Drug KillingPart II. Law Enforcement in the Drug War ZoneIntroductionUndercover Agent on the Border: Cultural DisguisesThe Death of FranciscoA JuÁrez Policeman Fighting Drug TraffickersJournalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the BorderPatrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on DrugsIntelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the BorderExcerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry KamstraAgent against ProhibitionEpilogue and ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

HOWARD CAMPBELL is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is the co-editor of the University of Texas Press Inter-America Series.

• IntroductionPart I. Smuggling in the Drug War ZoneIntroductionLa Nacha: The Heroin Queen of JuÁrezThe Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El PasoFemale Drug LordCommunity-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980sSelling Drugs in Downtown JuÁrez: Juan and JorgeA Young Smuggler and His FamilyBlaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderlines of African American and Mexican American CultureDrug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an AnarchistDrug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving InstructorWitness to a JuÁrez Drug KillingPart II. Law Enforcement in the Drug War ZoneIntroductionUndercover Agent on the Border: Cultural DisguisesThe Death of FranciscoA JuÁrez Policeman Fighting Drug TraffickersJournalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the BorderPatrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on DrugsIntelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the BorderExcerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry KamstraAgent against ProhibitionEpilogue and ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

HOWARD CAMPBELL is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is the co-editor of the University of Texas Press Inter-America Series.

• IntroductionPart I. Smuggling in the Drug War ZoneIntroductionLa Nacha: The Heroin Queen of JuÁrezThe Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El PasoFemale Drug LordCommunity-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980sSelling Drugs in Downtown JuÁrez: Juan and JorgeA Young Smuggler and His FamilyBlaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderlines of African American and Mexican American CultureDrug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an AnarchistDrug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving InstructorWitness to a JuÁrez Drug KillingPart II. Law Enforcement in the Drug War ZoneIntroductionUndercover Agent on the Border: Cultural DisguisesThe Death of FranciscoA JuÁrez Policeman Fighting Drug TraffickersJournalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the BorderPatrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on DrugsIntelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the BorderExcerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry KamstraAgent against ProhibitionEpilogue and ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex