Mexican Peace Activist Leads U.S. Caravan To End Drug War

Mexican Peace Activist Leads U.S. Caravan To End Drug War
A woman holds a portrait of a deceased or missing loved one as people gather at Border Field State Park, which separates the cities of San Diego and Tijuana, at the US-Mexico border on August 12, 2012 in San Diego, California, to launch 'caravan for peace' across the United States in a month-long campaign to protest the two countries' brutal drug war. The caravan departed from Tijuana with about 250 participants and is due to end in Washington on September 10. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
A woman holds a portrait of a deceased or missing loved one as people gather at Border Field State Park, which separates the cities of San Diego and Tijuana, at the US-Mexico border on August 12, 2012 in San Diego, California, to launch 'caravan for peace' across the United States in a month-long campaign to protest the two countries' brutal drug war. The caravan departed from Tijuana with about 250 participants and is due to end in Washington on September 10. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)

Calling for an end to the drug war, a coalition of peace activists arrived in the United States on Sunday to start a month-long trip across more than 20 U.S. cities.

More than 200 people gathered at a park on the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, as part of a movement known as the "Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity" that includes nearly 100 organizations.

The effort is led by Mexican peace activist Javier Sicilia, whose son was killed by drug gang members last year. Sicilia and others want to draw attention to what they say are misguided anti-drug policies in both the U.S. and Mexico. They estimate that tens of thousands of lives in Mexico have been lost because of the war on drugs.

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