see the demands as a basis for pushing Mexico toward sweeping change. Civic groups are to meet next month in violence-ravaged Ciudad Juarez to endorse the document. Sicilia and associates also plan to meet with Calderon.Though short on specifics, Sicilia said the movement is looking beyond the issue of violence by advocating an overhaul of Mexico's graft-laden political system across party lines. Their goal, he said, is a nation where residents trust police enough to report crimes, wrongdoers are punished and politicians pay heed to constituents.
"It's a re-foundation of the state," Sicilia said. "A peaceful revolution."
He also has a message for Americans who use illicit drugs: Blood is on your hands too.
from Los Angeles Times: Mexico poet an emblem of nation's drug war carnage
then Latin American Herald Tribune: Murder Rate Falls Sharply in Violent Mexican Border City
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