Mike Tapia

About The Author

Mike Tapia is a criminologist and native of El Paso, Texas. He is the author of The Barrio Gangs of San Antonio, 1915-2015.

Books by Mike Tapia

Gangs of the El Paso–Juárez Borderland

A History

This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso–Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. From the badlands—the...
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