The Bullet Meant for Me (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jan Reid
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to the 1990’s
- Setting: Texas and Mexico
- Principal Characters: Jan Reid, Dorothy Reid, Lila, Jesus Chavez, Richard Lord, Mike Hall, John Spong, David Courtney
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Twentieth century, Marriage, 1980’s, Immigration or emigration, Victims, Violence, Fear, Boxing, Mexico or Mexicans, Athletes, 1990’s, Machismo, Texas
- Locales: Mexico, Texas
Jan Reid and three friends were in Mexico City in April, 1998, to watch Reid’s friend, a young Mexican boxer named Jesus Chavez, fight. On the evening following the fight, they visited a bar in a rough part of the city, the Plaza Garibaldi. When it was time to leave, they got into a taxi to take them back to their apartment. This was when their nightmare began. The driver took them on a detour, after which they were tailed by another car. Having taken them almost to their apartment, the cabdriver stopped unexpectedly in the middle of a block. From the car behind emerged two gunmen who...
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