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Comic book: Mexico draws dire picture for migrants

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mexico draws dire picture for migrants The cover of a Mexican comic book aimed to deter illegal immigration says "Migrants: Only alive can you do something for your families." By Chris Hawley and Sergio Solache, USA TODAY. April 21, 2008 MEXICO CITY ? One migrant gets his legs sliced off by a train's wheels. Another is shot by bandits on the Arizona border. Others are beaten and robbed by crooked Mexican police. In a new effort to dissuade people from crossing the border illegally, Mexico's top human-rights agency has published two comic books packed with tales about the horrors that migrants may face. The tone is very different from previous government publications that focused more on travel and safety tips. One of the two Migrantes comics is aimed at Mexicans, while the other focuses on Central Americans traveling through Mexico on their way to the USA...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 10, 2008 (boomark / email).