‘Caravan for Peace’ arrives in New York City (PHOTOS)
A protester listens during a protest calling for the end of the drug war on September 6, 2012 in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City. Mexicans who have lost loved ones in their country’s drug war joined with American supporters as part of the Caravan for Peace with Justice and traveled some 6,000 miles through 25 cities, including Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta and Chicago before arriving to New York. They protested the continued war on drugs on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico border, which has left tens of thousands of people dead. The caravan is due to arrive in Washington D.C. for its final stop September 10.
The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity arrived in New York City on Thursday night, marching to protest the failed war against drugs.
Many of those marching have lost loved ones to the violence, according to The New York Daily News.
The group began its march on August 12 in San Diego and by its end on September 12, it will have covered 5,000 miles and 25 cities including Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, New York and Washington, DC.
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