Human Rights Caravan Sets Off for Southern Mexico

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MEXICO CITY – More than 600 people, led by prominent poet and activist Javier Sicilia, left this capital Friday bound for southern Mexico and neighboring Guatemala to raise awareness of the plight of undocumented migrants and other victims of violence and government neglect in that region.

Southern Mexico is home to communities that have been excluded by “the modern economic model” and have been “wronged throughout the country’s history,” said Sicilia, who especially noted the marginalization of areas with a mostly indigenous population.

“The south is different,” a part of the country with a great tradition of “grassroots and civic movements that doesn’t exist in the north.”