Description: "A gripping look at how America's guns make their way into Mexico. American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in a vicious circle of violence. After treating wounded migrants and refugees seeking safety in the United States, anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte boldly embarked on a journey in the opposite direction--following the guns from dealers in Arizona and Texas to crime scenes in Mexico. This expert work of narrative nonfiction provides a rare, intimate look into the world of firearms trafficking and urges us to understand the effects of lax US gun laws abroad. Jusionyte masterfully weaves together the stories of people who live and work with guns north and south of the border: a Mexican businessman who smuggles guns for protection, a teenage girl turned trained assassin, two US federal agents trying to stop gun traffickers, and a journalist who risks his life to report on organized crime. Exit Wounds expands current debates about guns in America, grappling with US complicity in violence on both sides of the border"--
Review Quotes: "It wasn't until [Jusionyte] worked as an emergency paramedic along both sides of the border in Nogales, Arizona--and earned a PhD that included ethnographic research--that she was thrust into a world that forced her seismic mental shift away from popular beliefs about guns and the U.S.-Mexico border."-- "The Guadalajara Reporter"