Mexican Poet Javier Sicilia Leads U.S. Peace Caravan to Expose Drug War's Human Toll
May 10, 2012
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11:19Now PlayingMexican Poet Javier Sicilia Leads U.S. Peace Caravan to Expose Drug War's Human Toll
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as posted by the channelDemocracyNow.org - One of Mexico's best-known poets, Javier Sicilia, laid down his pen last year after his 24-year-old son was murdered by drug traffickers in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In his son's memory, Sicilia created the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to urge an end to the drug violence -- violence that has left an estimated 60,000 dead, 10,000 disappeared, and more than 160,000 Mexicans displaced from their homes over the past six years. Sicilia is now in the United States to launch a month-long peace caravan to "bring to the American people's conscience their shared responsibility for the thousands of dead, missing and displaced in the drug war."
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