La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico - Paperback

$19.95

La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico - Paperback

Name: La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781781688014
Price: 19.95 USD
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by Jon Sack

$19.95

Book Overview

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.

ISBN	9781781688014
Author	Jon Sack
Publisher	Verso
Genre	Biography, History, Comics & graphic novels, and Other
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2015
Language	ENG- English
Pages	112
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print