La Lucha : the story of Lucha Castro and human rights in Mexico / drawn and written by Jon Sack ; edited by Adam Shapiro ; preface by Lucha Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sack, Jon, author, artist.

Castro, Lucha, author of preface.

Contributor:

Shapiro, Adam, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Castro, Lucha.

Human rights workers--Mexico--Chihuahua (State)--Biography.

Human rights workers.

Drug traffic--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Drug traffic.

Murder--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Murder.

Violence--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Violence.

Women--Crimes against--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Women.

Women--Crimes against.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Social conditions--21st century.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico).

Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Mexico--Chihuahua (State).

Genre:

Biographies.

Graphic novels.

Comics (Graphic works)

Physical Description:

xiv, 96 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Verso, 2015.

Summary:

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:

178168801X

9781781688014

OCLC:

882530886