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Javier Sicilia

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Javier Sicilia is one of Mexico's best-known authors and poets. After the torture and murder of his son, Francesco, Sicilia founded the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, whose rallies to halt mafia violence and introduce new anti-crime strategies and reforms have attracted hundreds of thousands of supporters.

June 2013

  • Mexico, drugs, Sicilia

    double quotation markWe must embrace this new approach to the war on drugs

    Javier Sicilia
    Javier Sicilia: The Organization of American States' new approach to tackling the drug trade is long overdue
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