The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border Paperback – Illustrated, March 18, 2008

I live in El Paso and have followed much of this in the newspaper including the two Bus drivers, The FBI coming to help, etc. Now I know it was all lies.Mexico has been called the most corrupt nation on earth and I've heard the stories and now I see it in action. I have too many chilling stories direct from American victims of the Juarez Police to share here.This corruption has spread to El Paso with corruption in the Border Patrol, the government, the police and I'm not just saying this, I've talked to people and have examples both from the Newspaper and people in the know. The FBI has been conducting an investigation into the El Paso government for several months and people are going to jail. Halleluiah!Personally I've been afraid to go across the Border for years based on these stories and now I'll be spreading the word. Do not go into Mexico!This book hits hard with details that would make a strong man cry. The horrible end to young lives, the Police laughing at parents asking for help and the intimidating of helpless mothers who might "know too much", the framing of innocents, The corruption of "investigations" run by incompetents.This book is an indictment, a denunciation of a government and society gone terribly wrong. Bribes are necessary just to get your TV cable hooked up and this pattern of behavior climbs to the very top.I hope this book helps but in a society that accepts incompetence and corruption as a given I have my doubts. If Mexico is to change it must come from the bottom and it is so instilled in the poverty stricken common people to not make waves how can we expect them to effectively rise up. But enough publicity might send the rats scurrying, we need more books and TV exposes like this.

Juarez, Mexico is located across the city of El Paso, Texas. Juarez, Mexico has an estimated population of over a million. The city has been an entertainment and tourist center since 1913. During the 1940's and 1950's the city attracted many tourist from El Paso, Texas and other cities to its well-known bars, nightclubs, brothels, bullfights and shopping.Throughout time Juarez grew substantially because of the influx of people moving into the city in search of jobs with the maquiladora industry. The maquiladora factories employ more than 400,000 workers.Nothing is well in Juarez; nothing has ever been well in Juarez. There has always been poverty, prostitution, and corruption is the breath of life in all segments of society from the typical cabdriver to the officials entrusted to run the government.Then the devil came to Juarez.The notoriety of the brothels was replaced by becoming a center of narcotic trafficking linked to the powerful Juarez Cartel, and in 1993 Juarez reached its peak of notoriety with corruption and the unsolved femicide murders of young women. More than 370 young women have been murdered. Most of them were raped, tortured, butchered and their bodies discarded as trash on the city's outskirts and in the central areas of the city as well.Authors Teresa Rodriguez, Diana Motane and Liza Pulitzer, present a dismal, horror stricken and unbelievable true tale of rape, murder, torture, and butchering young women.The authors do not directly show who was to blame. In fact, it is incredible that nobody knows. Their novel may be classified as a documentary which guides the reader to the despicable actions of the Juarez and state police including the officials who were supposedly appointed to solve the murders.According to the authors, the police were not trained in securing murder scenes, they were badly equipped, if at all, and to make matters worse, corrupt to the brim. Many citizens believed the police themselves were the perpetrators of the femicides. Others blamed members of the Juarez Cartel. Still others in the community believed people of influence were the murderers.The authors document the many incidents of torture by police of possibly innocent people who were made to confess for the crimes and rapes. A lawyer for one of the accused said, "It's not enough to grab a couple of guys and take them forcibly from their home, beat them for five or six hours, burn their genitals with an electric prod, and make them confess to the murders...."There were many scapegoats. Some died in jail after many years of waiting for trial. They had been caught in a web of injustice, political ramifications, and lies and falsely judged. A lawyer defending a falsely accused victim was killed by members of the state police. The families of the falsely accused were threatened by the police if they continued to fight to prove their falsely accused loved ones were innocent. Meanwhile the murders continued unabated, and unsolved.The state of affairs was in such a horrible way that not even the `invited' United States FBI could untangle the femicide spree. Not that they lacked professional expertise, but they too, fell in the web of the political strand which pulled every which way but towards the direction of solving the crimes. Not even the president of Mexico or the United Nations could make a dent against the outcries of the citizens of Juarez to solve and stop the rampant femicides.Much like a heavily soiled dishrag is soaked in Clorox to clean it; the city of Juarez needs to be engrossed in "good" to cleanse it from its corruption, and filthy evil existence.I recommend this novel if you can stomach injustice both to the accused and the victims.

The story line of this book is phenomenal. I started thinking it was going to be a quick read because the sample was hard to put down. The authors are very descriptive and there are very little grammatical errors. But, I started to get a little bored about 60% through. The detailing started to seem drawn out and it was difficult for me to finish. The build up to the conclusion was predictable ( in my opinion) which made it even more difficult to finish. I would still recommend the book to anyone who is looking for a detailed and highly researched account of what happened in Juarez during the span of murders.

I have always had an interest in the corruption of the Mexican government. This book was well written and an easy read. I like how the author and contributors did not take a specific stance on who is responsible of the murders and presented all known facts and information without bias for the reader to make their own judgement.This book shines a spotlight on the horrific crimes that take place across our borders. It amazes me how truly corrupt some of these government officials are. I cannot imagine not being able to trust law enforcement. I am grateful to live in the USA.If you are interested in the topic of murders in Juarez and want more recent information, I highly recommend the 2011 documentary film "8 Murders a Day" directed by Charlie Minn.

Je viens de commencer la lecture, et je ne peux pas m'arrêter. C'est un livre excellent, bien rédigé et terriblement choquant. Le genre de livre que tout le monde devrait lire dans sa vie.

I am very pleased with this book! It is in very good condition and a cover was included. It took a bit long to arrive, but that can be expected from items arriving from the USA.

Love the book. Very well written congratulations to the author .

Horrific that it is based on facts and that these crimes are not resolved even now. Read it for yourself.