Ciudad Juarez - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?
This Love is Not for Cowards, The Daughters of Juarez, Making a Killing: Femicide, Free Trade, and La Frontera - Jul 2024
Narcos series. - Feb 2023
Not really; I think many focus on the violence that has since calmed down. Diplomats are also not the targets of the violence either. - Mar 2022
No specific recommendations, but I know there lots of options out there. There are movies and TV shows (Sicario, Narcos, Breaking Bad) that feature Juarez, though I haven’t seen them. Born to Run is a book about the indigenous people of the Chihuahua state, and there are tons of books about the borderlands. Lots of movies/books that feature Mexico more broadly. - Jun 2019
N/A - Feb 2019
Watch Sicario just to tell yourself that it's not like that at all. I recommend books by Luis Alberto Urrea to get you started. From there, I would pick up a syllabus from a Latin American history/culture class. There's a lot to learn. - Jan 2019
It is not a book, but here is an article from June 2016's National Geographic magazine about Juarez. - Jun 2016
"The Fight to Save Juarez" by Ricardo Ainsle. Goes into detail about the peak years of violence with a focus on the police and local authorities. - Apr 2016
Don't know of any specifically but I know there are many. - Dec 2015
Ringside Seats to the Revolution. - Jun 2011
