Poet, essayist, novelist and journalist in Mexico. He is leading a caravan of Mexican anti-violence protesters. He began speaking out after his 24-year-old son was brutally murdered by drug traffickers in early 2011.
Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! team will broadcast an extended daily two-hour show from Chicago, Illinois for the Democratic National Convention from Aug. 19-23.
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