Author

Contributions

  • Shapiro, Adam, editor - Contributor
  • Castro, Lucha, writer of preface - Contributor

Publication

2015 - Verso, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

24,000 words, Guess

Page Count

96 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10178168801X
  • ISBN-139781781688014
  • OCLC Control Number882530886
  • Better World Books9781781688014
  • Better World BooksP8-APZ-874
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC323/.092
  • LCCPN6728.L83 S23 2015
  • LCCJC599.M42 C45 2015
and 2 more
  • LCCJC599
  • LCCJC599.M42 C487 2015

Alternate Titles

  • Story of Lucha Castro and human rights in Mexico

Description

"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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Front line defenders book series

Other Editions

  • La LuchaVerso2015

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