La Lucha
Subtitle: la historia de Lucha Castro y los derechos humanos en México
By: escrito e ilustrado por Jon Sack ; edición de Adam Shapiro
Contributors: Shapiro, Adam, 1972- author, editor; Castro, Lucha, writer of preface
Series: Front line defenders book series; Front line defenders book series
Publisher: Editorial Resistencia
Published: 2015
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9786077682707
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Comic books, strips; Human rights; Human rights workers; Biography; Drug traffic; Murder; Violence; Women; Crimes against; Social conditions
Other titles: Historia de Lucha Castro y los derechos humanos en México
Work titles: Lucha
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.
Notes: A graphic novel.