Sergio Gonz�lez Rodr�guez is a columnist for the Mexico City newspaper Reforma who began his career writing art criticism for the renowned writer and editor Carlos Monsivais. He has covered the Ju�rez femicides since 1995, revealing the ties between police, government officials, and drug traffickers. Assaulted and kidnapped by unknown assailants in Mexico City in 1999 and banned from the State of Chihuahua, he continues to write on these subjects. Bones in the Desert and T he Headless Man have been published in Mexico, Spain, France, and Germany. Gonz�lez Rodr�guez studied literature and journalism and is currently completing a doctorate in law.