Born to Die in MedellinAn insight into urban violence in Medellin, Colombia's second city. Alsonso Salazar journeys into the jails, hospitals and shanty towns of Colombia's drug capital to interview teenage contract killers, their families, priests and self-defence vigilantes. He brings alive the world of Medellin's youth gangs who, in their own words, are "born to die" before they can have children or grow old. |
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| Title | Born to Die in Medellin |
| Authors | Alonso Salazar, Alonso Salazar J. |
| Translated by | Nick Caistor |
| Contributor | Colin Harding |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Latin America Bureau, 1992 |
| ISBN | 090615667X, 9780906156674 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries Social Science / Sociology / General Social Science / Violence in Society |
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