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Listening to Sicarios - Narcoviolence in Ciudad Juarez, 2008-2012 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Listening to Sicarios - Narcoviolence in Ciudad Juarez, 2008-2012 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures
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Listening to Sicarios presents new insights into the lives of paid
assassins of Mexico's drug trafficking syndicates from the
perspectives of the assassins themselves. Based on an extraordinary
series of ethnographic interviews carried out in the wake of the
record levels of narcoviolence experienced in Ciudad Juarez between
2008 and 2012, this study analyzes the ways in which these young
men interpret their actions across four key thematic axes: border
infrastructures, youth and responsibility, masculinity and
sentiment, and ethics: good vs. evil. It argues that sicarios
follow a career path within a criminal corporate infrastructure
that is especially robust in Mexican border cities. It also
explores how sicarios understand youthful innocence in relation to
adult accountability in the realm of violence that is frequently
meted out by young men on other young men. It then analyzes
sicarios' expressions of feelings of power that may boost their
sense of virility, as well as feelings of fear and regret that
imply weakness. Finally, it examines how sicarios defend their
personal integrity in the face of a public discourse that views
their acts as savage.
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