Elaine Carey

About The Author

Elaine Carey chairs the Department of History at St. John's University in New York City. She is also the author of Plaza of Sacrifices: Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico (UNM Press).

Books by Elaine Carey

Women Drug Traffickers

Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime

In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers—work rarely acknowledged. Elaine Carey’s study of women in the drug trade offers a new understanding of this intriguing subjec...
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