My long weekend read

I spent the long weekend reading Murder City by Charles Bowden.  I knew that violence existed in Mexico, but it was actually shocking to read the extent of the violence that occurs in Juarez, Mexico.  It's over hard to understand that such brutality still exists today, where hundreds of people or killed each month.  This is not your average, academic ethnography, but a real portrayal of life in Juarez.  I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about the effects of American globalization and drugs in Mexico.