AHN: "A caravan of private vehicles carrying Central Americans is traveling through Mexico this week searching for their relatives who disappeared while headed toward an illegal entry into the United States.
They entered Mexico from Guatemala Sunday on a route that will take them through dangerous territory where drug cartel violence is common. They are stopping at homeless shelters, jails and hospitals along the route to ask whether anyone has seen their displaced relatives. They carry photographs of the lost persons.
They also march through streets carrying signs demanding immigration reform and along railroad tracks frequently traveled by immigrants." read more
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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