La Lucha : the story of Lucha Castro and human rights in Mexico

La Lucha : the story of Lucha Castro and human rights in Mexico /

"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 killin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sack, Jon (Author)
Other Authors: Shapiro, Adam, 1972- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2015.
Series:Front line defenders book series.
Subjects:
Castro, Lucha > Comic books, strips, etc.
2000-2099
Human rights > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Human rights workers > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Drug traffic > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez > Comic books, strips, etc.
Murder > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez > Comic books, strips, etc.
Violence > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez > Comic books, strips, etc.
Women > Crimes against > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez > Comic books, strips, etc.
Human rights.
Women.
Human rights workers.
Drug traffic.
Murder.
Violence.
Women > Crimes against.
Social conditions.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Chihuahua (Mexico : State) > Social conditions > 21st century > Comic books, strips, etc.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) > Social conditions > 21st century > Comic books, strips, etc.
Mexico > Chihuahua (State)
Mexico > Ciudad Juárez.
Biographical comics.
Graphic novels.
Graphic novels > United States.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Lucha Castro
  • A letter to my mother / Luis Jesús Castro
  • Prologue
  • Lucha and Gabino
  • Alma
  • Marisela
  • Norma
  • Emilia
  • Josefina
  • Epilogue
  • About Lucha Castro
  • About Front Line Defenders
  • About the creators.

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