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Author Carey, Elaine, 1967- author.

Title Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime / Elaine Carey.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Diálogos Series
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Selling is more of a habit : women and drug trafficking, 1900-1980 -- Foreign vices : drugs, modernity, and gender -- Mules, smugglers, and peddlers : the illicit trade in Mexico, 1910s-1930s -- The white lady of Mexico City : lola la chata and the remaking of narcotics -- Transcending borders : la nacha and the "notorious" women of the north -- The women who made it snow : cold, dirty, drug wars, 1970s -- Gangsters, narcs, and women : a secret history.
Summary In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key but rarely acknowledged roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers. Using international diplomatic documents, trial transcripts, medical and public welfare studies, correspondence between drug czars, and prison and hospital records as research the author brings to life women drug smugglers in the early twentieth century as well as the cartel queens who make news today.
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Subject Drug dealers -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Drug dealers.
Mexico.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Female offenders -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Female offenders.
Drug traffic -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Drug traffic.
Drug abuse and crime -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Drug abuse and crime.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Carey, Elaine, 1967- Women drug traffickers. First edition. 9780826351982 0826351980 (DLC) 2014002206
ISBN 0826351999 (electronic book)
9780826351999 (electronic book)
9780826351982 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0826351980 (paperback ; alkaline paper)