Women Drug Traffickers
312 pages, 6 x 9
22 halftones
Paperback
Release Date:01 Nov 2014
ISBN:9780826351982
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Women Drug Traffickers

Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime

University of New Mexico Press

In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers--work rarely acknowledged. Elaine Carey's study of women in the drug trade offers a new understanding of this intriguing subject, from women drug smugglers in the early twentieth century to the cartel queens who make news today. Using international diplomatic documents, trial transcripts, medical and public welfare studies, correspondence between drug czars, and prison and hospital records, the author's research shows that history can be as gripping as a thriller.

A fascinating book that examines the international drug trade and the central roles played by women in the business.'--Choice
The first full-length study of female drug traffickers. The lives of these women are fascinating and skillfully analyzed by the author. The book will be pleasurable reading to general readers and specialists alike.'--Howard Campbell, author of Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez

Elaine Carey chairs the Department of History at St. John’s University in New York City. She is also the author of PlazaofSacrifices:Gender,Power,andTerrorin1968Mexico (UNM Press).

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