Fear is just a word / Azam Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Azam, author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Mexico.

Murder.

Drug dealers--Mexico.

Drug dealers.

Violence--Mexico.

Violence.

Drug traffic--Mexico.

Drug traffic.

Genre:

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 339 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Fear is just a word : missing daughter, a violent cartel, and a mother's quest for vengeance

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2023]

Summary:

"This unputdownable book weaves together two stories: the story of a courageous mother, and the story of the rise of drug cartels and of violence in Mexico. The story begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the U.S. Miriam Rodriguez is stalking one of the men who murdered her daughter. He is a member of the Zeta drug cartel that now controls what was once Miriam's quiet hometown of San Fernando, near the U.S. border. Having dyed her hair red and wearing a disguise, Miriam single-handedly orchestrates the arrest of this man, one of the many men she has targeted and gotten arrested for the murder of her daughter, Karen. Moving back and forth in time, this deeply researched account reveals how the drug cartels built their power in Mexico; how the Zeta cartel took over the quiet town of San Fernando, with its crucial geographic location for drug smuggling, near a crossroads to the US border; and how the cartels , for money, power and control, kidnap and murder victims. Miriam's daughter, Karen, was just one of the many people disappeared by the cartels. Miriam, a brilliant and perseverant woman, begins a vigilante crusade to target Karen's killers, and then to help other victimized families seek justice. Eventually, the success of Miriam's investigation techniques and her activism on behalf of other families lead to her being murdered by the cartel. Then, her son, Luis, finds his mother's briefcase with the names of other targets and her investigation techniques, and quietly continues to pursue justice for his family and for the families of other victims of violence in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A lost daughter

The early years

The rise of the cartels

The Zetas: violence as power

The disappeared

A cursed family

The targets

The families of the disappeared

What remains

The other targets

The break

An unexpected inheritance

Closure

Epilogue

Maps.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Ahmed, Azam. Fear is just a word.

ISBN:

9780593448410

0593448413

OCLC:

1388209173

Publisher Number:

99994764329