Violence and Suffering in Mexico
The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity arrived in Juarez,Mexico the week of June 6 where more than 100 local groups coalesced to support the caravan and what it stood for. On June 10, hundreds of people from Juarez and the US worked out a national citizens’ pact for peace, justice and social reform. Why? Shoot-outs, robberies, auto thefts and kidnappings – a part of the drug violence that plaguesNorthern Mexico.
Here’s an example of what Frontera NorteSur reports: “Standing out in their pink t-shirts, members of Mothers in Search of Justice milled around the quilt they are patching together that shows the picture of murdered loved ones and features written remembrances. They call it the Blanket of Love.”
The suffering of ordinary Mexicans seems endless. Where do they go to escape? Not to the U.S. We are enacting laws that force undocumented workers out of our states and, according to some anti-immigrant activists, with the express purpose of driving them back to their native countries, mostly Mexico.
This is what awaits them.
Tags: immigrants, Mexico, violence
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