Ciudad Juarez & the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

With the recent murder of a pregnant U.S. government employee and her husband, the rest of the country is waking up to the violence in Juarez. We’ll discuss the situation this hour with borderland expert and writer Charles Bowden, who’s just published his new book “Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields” (Nation Books, 2010).

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The Border

What is really happening along the border and what role is the Mexican Army playing in the turmoil? We’ll talk this hour with Mother Jones Magazine contributing writer Charles Bowden who’s been documenting Mexico’s drug wars and border clashes since 2005. His piece in the current issue is “We Bring Fear.”

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