Tuesday, June 07, 2011

News at Eleven: The caravan is scheduled to arrive

June 10 in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Organizers plan protest events in at least eight Mexican states along the way.More than 35,000 people have died in drug-related violence since December 2006.

from The Associated Press: Poet leads hundreds in Mexico peace caravan
then Christian Science Monitor: Mexico peace tour: a cathartic turnout against drug violence in San Luis Potosí
then The Narco News Bulletin: Pilgrimage to the Sources of Javier Sicilia, the Poet Who Is Shaking Mexico

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