Caravan for Peace: Mexican Victims of Violence Take Aim Against US Firearms
<div class='node-body'><p>“The United States should stop producing so many weapons, which cause us so much harm. That country also suffers from so much violence, as billions of dollars go into manufacturing guns.”</p>
<p>That is the message that anti-crime activist Fernando Ocegueda will take to the public in the United States, during a one-month visit to that country by the <a href="http://www.caravanforpeace.org/" target="_blank">Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity</a>, made up of 70 family members of victims of violence in Mexico.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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