La Lucha: The Story Of Lucha Castro And Human Rights In Mexico Lucha: Story Of Lucha Castro And Human Rights In Mexico Story Of Lucha Castro And Human Rights In Mexico

The Mexican Border State Of Chihuahua And Its City Juárez Have Become Notorious The World Over As Hotbeds Of Violence. Drug Cartel Battles And Official Corruption Result In More Murders Annually In Chihuahua Than In Wartorn Afghanistan. Thanks To A Culture Of Impunity, 97 Percent Of The Killings In Juárez Go Unsolved. Despite A Climate Of Fear, A Small Group Of Human Rights Activists, Exemplified By The Chihuahua Lawyer And Organizer Lucha Castro, Works To Identify The Killers And Their Official Enablers. This Is The Story Of La Lucha, Illustrated In Beautiful And Chilling Comic Book Art, Rendering In Rich Detail The Stories Of Families Ripped Apart By Disappearances And Murders--especially Gender-based Violence--and The Remarkably Brave Advocacy, Protests, And Investigations Of Ordinary Citizens Who Turned Their Grief Into Resistance--back Cover. Preface / Lucha Castro -- A Letter To My Mother / Luis Jesús Castro -- Prologuee -- Lucha And Gabino -- Alma -- Marisela -- Norma -- Emilia -- Josefina -- Epilogue -- About Lucha Castro -- About Front Line Defenders -- About The Creators. Drawn And Written By Jon Sack ; Edited By Adam Shapiro ; Preface By Lucha Castro. A front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Ju & aacute;rez have become notorious the world over as hotbeds of violence. Drug cartel battles and official corruption result in more murders annually in Chihuahua than in wartorn Afghanistan. Thanks to a culture of impunity, 97 percent of the killings in Ju & aacute;rez go unsolved. Despite a climate of fear, a small group of human rights activists, exemplified by the Chihuahua lawyer and organizer Lucha Castro, works to identify the killers and their official enablers. This is the story of La Lucha, illustrated in beautiful and chilling comic book art, rendering in rich detail the stories of families ripped apart by disappearances and murders--especially gender-based violence--and the remarkably brave advocacy, protests, and investigations of ordinary citizens who turned their grief into resistance. From the Trade Paperback edition A front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Juárez have become notorious the world over as hotbeds of violence. Drug cartel battles and official corruption result in more murders annually in Chihuahua than in wartorn Afghanistan. Thanks to a culture of impunity, 97 percent of the killings in Juárez go unsolved. Despite a climate of fear, a small group of human rights activists, exemplified by the Chihuahua lawyer and organizer Lucha Castro, works to identify the killers and their official enablers. This is the story of La Lucha , illustrated in beautiful and chilling comic book art, rendering in rich detail the stories of families ripped apart by disappearances and murders—especially gender-based violence—and the remarkably brave advocacy, protests, and investigations of ordinary citizens who turned their grief into resistance. The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Juarez have become internationally notorious for violence, as drug cartel battles and official corruption have colluded to produce more murders annually than in war-torn Afghanistan. Ninety-seven percent of the killings in Juarez remain unsolved, contributing to a culture of impunity for perpetrators. In the midst of this climate of fear, a small group of human rights activists, exemplified by the Chihuahua lawyer and organizer Lucha Castro, continue to point fingers at the killers and their official enablers. This is the story this book tells, rendering in graphic detail the stories of families ripped apart by disappearances and murders - especially gender-based violence - and the remarkably brave advocacy, protests, and investigations of ordinary citizens who turned their grief into resistance. The Mexican border state of Chihuahua and its city Juarez have become internationally notorious for violence, as drug cartel battles and official corruption have colluded to produce more murders annually than in war-torn Afghanistan. 97% of the killings in Juarez remain unsolved, contributing to a culture of impunity for perpetrators. In the midst of this climate of fear, a small group of human rights activists, exemplified by the Chihuahua lawyer and organiser Lucha Castro, continue to point fingers at the killers and their official enablers. This is the story this book tells, rendering in graphic detail the stories of families ripped apart by disappearances and murders