to the border, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia came here Saturday morning for a peace rally at a downtown plaza.His soft-spoken message, delivered to a chanting, rollicking crowd, was familiar: The Mexican drug war that has cost 40,000 lives is a failure. The political and justice systems need radical reform. Power and responsibility belong to the people.
from San Antonio Express-News: Mexican poet rallies for peace
then The Associated Press: Mexican poet brings peace march to the US
then Time: Mexico's 'Caravan of Solace': Activists March on Juarez to Protest a Murderous Drug War
then The Atlantic: In Mexico, Growing Popular Movement Calls for End to Drug War
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