mexican-american border region

"... It's 1971 in Coronado, a small southern California beach town. For seventeen-year-old Eddie Otero, a skilled waterman and avid surfer, life is simple. Then a friend makes him an offer: Swim an illicit package across the border from Mexico. The intense workout is dangerous. Thrilling. Lucrative. And the beginning of a small business. When the young entrepreneurs involve their former high school Spanish teacher, the smuggling adventure grows into a one hundred million dollar global operation. Soon they become fugitives. Living on the edge, they vow to return to their normal lives--right after one last run"--Provided by publisher.

This is the story of seven thousand bikes that made an incredible journey and one young man from Oaxaca who arrived at the border with nothing, built a small empire, and then vanished. Touching on immigration and globalization, as well as the history of the US-Mexico border, this book is at once an immersive investigation of an outrageous occurrence and a true-crime, rags-to-riches story.

When Fabiola's sister Alexis joins her at Dos Rios High, she warns her away from the troublemaking superjock Dex Andrews, but Alexis does not listen, and soon it is up to Fabiola to make things right, even if it means breaking her sister's heart.

Discusses the role African Americans played during the Mexican Revolution, their relationship with immigrants, and the United States government's growing fear of their disloyalty.

Presents an account of the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and discusses how the investigation was conducted and what was covered up by President Obama's administration.

Discusses a criminal, racist, and violent underworld of right-wing extremism connected to the Minuteman movement and general American nativism.

Recounts the author's involvement in Operation Fast & Furious which allowed him to sell guns to suspected drug cartel associates in an effort to track the weapons to the upper echelons of the organization and describes his subsequent betrayal by the U.S. government.

The human and drug trafficking across the border between the United States and Mexico has been called the illegal immigration invasion. The lives of five individuals affected by the rise in illegal immigration are documented.

Discusses the economics, events, and customs that have shaped the history of the border between Mexico and the United States, and addresses many of the issues that surround the region.