La Lucha
Subtitle: the story of Lucha Castro and human rights in Mexico
By: Jon Sack and Adam Shapiro ; edited by Adam Shapiro ; preface by Lucha Castro
Contributors: Shapiro, Adam, editor; Castro, Lucha, writer of preface
Series: Front line defenders book series; Front line defenders book series
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781781688014
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Human rights; Drug traffic; Murder; Violence; Crimes against; Comic books, strips; Human rights workers; Social conditions; Women human rights workers; Biography; Women
Other 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.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Lucha Castro; title: A letter to my mother / Luis Jesús Castro; title: Prologue; title: Lucha and Gabino; title: Alma; title: Marisela; title: Norma; title: Emilia; title: Josefina; title: Epilogue; title: About Lucha Castro; title: About Front Line Defenders; title: About the creators.