Amexica av Ed Vulliamy

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<p><b>Between the interiors of the USA and Mexico lies a borderland: Amexica. </b><br><br>A <b>terrain</b> astride the world¿s busiest frontier, teeming with migrants, factory workers, narcos, tourists, heroines and heroes, ranchers and rogues. <br><br>A <b>border</b> both porous and harsh, criss-crossed by a million people every day. <br><br>A <b>warzone</b>, where a grotesque pastiche of the globalised economy plays out in a tragedy of unfathomable violence as drug cartels and state forces face off.<br><br><i>Amexica</i> is a journey through the cartels¿ reach into the borderland¿s daily life: through migrant camps, drug-smuggling ¿plazas¿, rehab centres, sweatshop factories and the mass-murder of women. Updated with new material ten years on it paints an essential portrait of a country under siege - and testament to people who carry on regardless. <br><br><b>¿Previously, to understand the ruthlessness, ambition and impact of today''s global criminals, you needed to read Roberto Savi