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Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border

Author : John A. Adams
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623495857
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border written by John A. Adams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1914, Clemente Vergara discovered several of his horses missing and reported the theft to local authorities. The Webb County sheriff arranged for the South Texas rancher to meet with Mexican soldiers near Hidalgo to discuss compensation for his loss. Vergara crossed the Rio Grande, soon succumbed to a vicious physical assault, and was jailed. Days after incarceration in Hidalgo, his body was found hanging from a tree. The murder of Clemente Vergara contributed to events that put the United States and Mexico on the brink of war and opened the door for expanded American involvement in Mexico. Texas governor Oscar B. Colquitt seized upon the incident to challenge President Woodrow Wilson—a fellow Democrat—to intervene and even threatened retaliation by the Texas Rangers. Meanwhile, the White House played a larger strategic game with competing factions in the midst of the Mexican Revolution. Wilson’s apparent inaction heightened Colquitt’s demands to guarantee the safety of Americans and their property in the Texas borderlands, and the Vergara affair’s extensive media coverage convinced many Americans that intervention in Mexico was necessary. Author John A. Adams Jr. shows how an otherwise commonplace horse theft and murder revealed a tangled web of international relations, powerful business interests, and intrigue on both sides of the border. Readers will be captivated by Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border and the continuing legacy that border events leave on Texas history.

Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border

Author : John A. Adams
Publisher : Elma Dill Russell Spencer Seri
ISBN 13 : 9781623495848
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border written by John A. Adams and published by Elma Dill Russell Spencer Seri. This book was released on 2018 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1914, Clemente Vergara discovered several of his horses missing and reported the theft to local authorities. The Webb County sheriff arranged for the South Texas rancher to meet with Mexican soldiers near Hidalgo to discuss compensation for his loss. Vergara crossed the Rio Grande, soon succumbed to a vicious physical assault, and was jailed. Days after incarceration in Hidalgo, his body was found hanging from a tree. The murder of Clemente Vergara contributed to events that put the United States and Mexico on the brink of war and opened the door for expanded American involvement in Mexico. Texas governor Oscar B. Colquitt seized upon the incident to challenge President Woodrow Wilson--a fellow Democrat--to intervene and even threatened retaliation by the Texas Rangers. Meanwhile, the White House played a larger strategic game with competing factions in the midst of the Mexican Revolution. Wilson's apparent inaction heightened Colquitt's demands to guarantee the safety of Americans and their property in the Texas borderlands, and the Vergara affair's extensive media coverage convinced many Americans that intervention in Mexico was necessary. Author John A. Adams Jr. shows how an otherwise commonplace horse theft and murder revealed a tangled web of international relations, powerful business interests, and intrigue on both sides of the border. Readers will be captivated by Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border and the continuing legacy that border events leave on Texas history.

Dirty Dealing

Author : Gary Cartwright
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN 13 : 1933693894
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Dirty Dealing written by Gary Cartwright and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cartwright tells the story of the Chagra brothers, Lee and Joe, as they get mixed up with the drug-running community along the border and in short order find themselves hopelessly entangled in a net cast by the DEA. Even readers unfamiliar with the well-publicized events of the book or of the dark, lawless aspect that often rules El Paso will find themselves pulled along by the plot: brigands and intrigue leap from almost every page, and the story just gets wilder the further into it you venture."--from an Amazon.com review Four pages into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: " Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra--the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of dope-running, border-crossing, high-living outlaws along the El Paso-Juarez border around his finger like the gaudy rings he favored--can be neatly summarized in that one sentence. Chagra dies two pages later, yet he haunts the rest of this cautionary tale like a high-rolling specter. Gary Cartwright is a long-respected, award-winning journalist and contributing editor to Texas Monthly magazine. The author of numerous books, he has contributed stories to such national publications as Harper's, Life, and Esquire. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Undocumented

Author : Eliza McCullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781706435860
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Undocumented written by Eliza McCullen and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Mark Sway in John Grisham's The Client, Ricky is in trouble. Authorities want his testimony. The mafia want him silenced. Having escaped the gangs back home in Honduras and made the perilous journey across Mexico to the safety of a barrio in South Tucson, fourteen-year-old Ricky witnesses a murder. And recognizes the murderer's accomplice. His name is Chava, a ruthless narco-trafficker. Suddenly, Ricky finds himself navigating the harsh world of drug smugglers, immigration authorities and law enforcement, Ricky's only chance of survival lies with Detective Rosalie Diaz, a third generation Mexican American, and veteran DEA Agent Scott Smith. But even they have traitors in their ranks. And trusting the wrong people could cost him his life... ˃˃˃ Said a beta book reviewer: I enjoyed the book very much. I liked the characters, the pace and the short chapter length. The descriptions of the characters and places were very good and without tedious detail. The style made it easy to read and kept me wanting to know what was coming next. The topics were well researched, which made for a very creditable story. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

The Daughters of Juarez

Author : Teresa Rodriguez
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416538895
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Daughters of Juarez written by Teresa Rodriguez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Reaper's Line

Author : Lee Morgan (II.)
Publisher : Rio Nuevo Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reaper's Line written by Lee Morgan (II.) and published by Rio Nuevo Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former federal agent pens this true story of violence, drugs, human smuggling, and dirty politicians along the Mexican/American border.

Desert Blood

Author : Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611921168
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Desert Blood written by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the summer of 1998 and for five years over a hundred mangled and desecrated bodies have been found dumped in the Chihuahua desert outside of Juárez, México, just across the river from El Paso, Texas. The perpetrators of the ever-rising number of violent deaths target poor young women, terrifying inhabitants on 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 Juárez. 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 "girls from the south" continue, their tragic stories written in desert blood, a conspiracy covers up the crimes that implicate everyone from the Maquiladora Association to the Border Patrol. When Ivon's younger sister gets kidnapped in Juárez, Ivon knows that it's up to her to find her sister, whatever it takes. Despite the sharp warnings she gets from family, friends, and nervous officials, Ivon's investigation moves her deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of silence. From acclaimed poet and prose-writer Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood is a gripping thriller that ponders the effects of patriarchy, gender identity, border culture, transnationalism, and globalization on an international crisis.

DEATH ON THE BORDER

Author : David K. Martineau
Publisher : Booklocker.com
ISBN 13 : 9781634926874
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book DEATH ON THE BORDER written by David K. Martineau and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A U.S. Deputy Marshall from Lordsburg, New Mexico investigates a gruesome murder of a young couple on their ranch near the U.S.-Mexico border. All the locals immediately assume the murders were committed by Mexican border-crossing raiders or bandits but the officer does not believe it, and investigates...

The Daughters of Juárez

Author : Teresa Rodríguez (Journalist)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Daughters of Juárez written by Teresa Rodríguez (Journalist) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twelve years the Mexican border city of Juárez has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls: kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile--young, slender, and poor. Speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens has led the U.S. government to send in criminal profilers from the FBI, but little real information about this international atrocity has emerged. As of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been recovered, with hundreds still missing. 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. This book is the first to examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these atrocities on the border.--From publisher description.

Bad Blood

Author : James E. Merriman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781470002244
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Bad Blood written by James E. Merriman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Mexican Sanchez family, power is literally a drug. Carlos, the family's patriarch, runs the cartels and Hector, the eldest son, runs the country, but their profitable empire is threatened by a cartel uprising and internal, domestic strife. The cartels are weary of paying tribute to the family in exchange for protection from the police and military. Carlos has become psychotically obsessed with killing an American cowboy and businessmen who had the stones to interfere with a Sanchez drug operation in Arizona. Boots, the young daughter of the family, rebels against her traditional role as a woman and wants a cut of the family action. Meanwhile, Hector and his brother Ramon plot to take over the family business from their increasingly unstable father. From his base in Sonora, patriarch Carlos will plot to keep control of the family empire, kill the American cowboy, and bend his own daughter to his wishes.

Restless Valley

Author : Philip Shishkin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300185987
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Restless Valley written by Philip Shishkin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning foreign correspondent’s vivid account of Central Asia’s recent history “reads like a novel but is the stuff of hard-won journalism” (Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan). Here are the stories of two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil war, a drug-smuggling highway, brazen corruption schemes, contract hits, and larger-than-life characters who may be villains, heroes, or possibly both. Restless Valley is a gripping, contemporary chronicle of Central Asia from a veteran journalist with extensive experience in the region. Both Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have struggled with the challenges of post-Soviet, independent statehood, and both became entangled in America’s Afghan campaign when the United States built military bases within their borders. Meanwhile, the region was becoming a key smuggling hub for Afghanistan’s booming heroin trade. Through the eyes of local participants—the powerful and the powerless—Shishkin reconstructs how Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have ricocheted between extreme repression and democratic strivings; how alliances with the United States and Russia have brought mixed blessings; and how Stalin’s legacy of ethnic gerrymandering continues to incite conflict today. “The weird, the strange, the corrupt, and the grand are all evident . . . [Shishkin] relentlessly pursues and then tells the stories of the most corrupt and powerful and also the most sincere and admirable characters who inhabit these mountains.” —Ahmed Rashid, The New York Review of Books

The Murder Investigation

Author : Serenity Marie
Publisher : Serenity Marie
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Murder Investigation written by Serenity Marie and published by Serenity Marie . This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clock is ticking… Adam has thirty days to solve a case, but Mexican authorities aren’t keen to let him intervene and even less inclined to share information with him. Determined to find the answers, Adam employs every tool in his arsenal to lead his own investigation. What he discovers, opens new avenues of investigation and exposes faults in the handling of the case that could jeopardize a good outcome and ultimately end in his death if he’s not careful. When the town is evacuated because of an impending disaster, the already difficult situation turns into a virtual nightmare, but Adam is no stranger to danger and kicks the case into high gear. With all odds stacked up against him, can he find the murderer and survive this south-of-the-border ordeal?

Saints and Sinners

Author : Virgil Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781938436536
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Saints and Sinners written by Virgil Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Mariana Villalobos' mystic gift creates a sensation in northern Mexico as hundreds of people undergo a personal religious epiphany. Even gangsters reject crime. Seeing revenues tumble in the drug trade, the Liones cartel issues a hit order on the girl.

The Killing Fields

Author : Diana Washington Valdez
Publisher : Peace at Theborder
ISBN 13 : 9780615140087
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Killing Fields written by Diana Washington Valdez and published by Peace at Theborder. This book was released on 2006 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This explosive book exposes the Mexican killing fields that claimed the lives of hundreds of women at the Juarez, Mexico, border. The authors dangerous investigation reveals high-level corruption, a drug cartel run amok, and more. This the first nonfiction book in English about the murders that attracted international attention.

City of Stone

Author : Richard Benke
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826341535
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book City of Stone written by Richard Benke and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Benke, author of The Ghost Ocean, returns to southern New Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border for an action-packed mystery involving a lost cache of gold that has trapped guilty and innocent alike in a web of intrigue and murder for nearly a century. The gold, dangled as incentive in a scheme to capture Pancho Villa after his 1916 border raid, was to be assigned to the care of a young lieutenant, George Patton, but the bullion never arrived. The sons of a slain British agent, whose body was found in a Mexican river bottom, suspect the gold was connected with his death. One by one, they are also caught in the tangle of deceit. The border, with its illegal traffic in drugs, cattle, and immigration, proves more than a match for them and for a unique cast of characters, north and south.

Border War

Author : Lou Dobbs
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765327716
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Border War written by Lou Dobbs and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reassigned to a dead-end office after a shooting incident on the Mexican border, FBI agent Tom Eriksen, assisted by a beautiful NSA agent, tackles bureau corruption in the aftermath of his partner's murder.

A Murder on the Border

Author : Billy Wittenberg
Publisher : Buffalo Bayou Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Murder on the Border written by Billy Wittenberg and published by Buffalo Bayou Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2022-12-02 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A naive teen girl meets the perfect man. She dreams of a family of her own. What she finds is murder and a fight for her life. Maria is a teenager living in a catholic orphanage. She’s about to age out and is looking at an impoverished life on the streets of Nuevo Laredo. Victor seems the perfect match to spare her a life of hardship. He’s young and dashing and owns his own business. She falls in love in a whirlwind romance. Soon she’s pregnant with their child. But Victor is not the man she thinks he is. What follows is a desperate flight across the border to save herself and her unborn child. Victor becomes obsessed with finding his lost son. He tracks her movements, leaving death in his wake. When he finds her, she is forced to make a choice. Give up the only family she’s ever known? Or stand and fight? A Murder on the Border is the first novel in a thriller series that spans decades. If you like compelling characters, pulse-pounding suspense, and deadly twists of fate, you’ll love Billy Wittenberg’s debut novel. Pick up A Murder on the Border and start this new thriller series today!