Gangs of the El Paso-Juarez Borderland - 9780826361097

University of New Mexico Press

Gangs of the El Paso-Juarez BorderlandA History\nAuthor(s): Mike Tapia\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of New Mexico Press, United States\nImprint: University of New Mexico Press\nISBN-13: 9780826361097, 978-0826361097\nSynopsis\nThis 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--the historically notorious eastern Valle de Juarez--to the Puerto Palomas port of entry at Columbus, New Mexico, this area has become more militarized and politicized than ever before. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law.\n\nTapia looks extensively at the role of history and geography on criminal subculture formation in t.