BBC News - Protest march in Mexico City against drug war: "More than 1,000 people have joined a protest in Mexico City against the government's strategy in the fight against drug gangs.
Carrying banners and pictures of dead relatives, the activists marched in silence to the presidential palace to demand peace.
The protest was led by the poet turned activist Javier Sicilia, whose son was killed earlier this year.
He wants President Felipe Calderon to pull the army off the streets.
The activists are also demanding changes to a national security law reform being considered by Mexico's Congress, to give citizens more protection from the security forces."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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