Texas Matters: Author Antonio Ruiz-Camacho On The Damage Of Mexico's Drug War

The drug war in Mexico continues to takes lives. Streets along the border have become battle fields as cartels challenge each other for territory and clash with the Mexican military forces. Sometimes it takes fiction to explain and decipher the impact of the harsh realities like the drug war. It's able bring to the page the maelstrom of emotions of what’s it like to be collateral damage in this conflict that’s tearing your motherland apart.

Antonio Ruiz-Camacho captures that in his collection of connected short stories. The Austin resident’s book is "Barefoot Dogs." He spoke with TPR’s Yvette Benavides.

NPR's Review of Barefoot Dogs