Here in New York, the father of one of the 43 students missing in Mexico for 18 months ran the New York City Half Marathon Sunday in honor of his son. The students disappeared from Guerrero—Nestora Salgado’s home state—after an attack by local police. Surrounded by supporters in Times Square, Antonio Tizapa called for the United States to suspend billions in U.S. aid for the drug war in Mexico.

Antonio Tizapa: “We are asking for a halt to the Mérida Initiative. That is the message that I want to give to people in the United States, to pressure the government so they stop helping the Mexican government, because with these weapons, they are practically killing us.”

Click here to see our interview with Antonio Tizapa.