Children march for end to violence in crime-ridden southern Mexico
By Syndicated Content By Henry Romero ALCOZACAN, Mexico (Reuters) â Holding balloons and homemade signs, children paraded the streets of a Mexican village, chanting slogans and calling for peace in a region where drug gangs wield deadly force. Boys and girls in Alcozacan, a hamlet in a mountainous municipality of southern Guerrero state, enthusiastically took part in a march that included adults on Friday, when Mexico celebrated Childrenâs Day. Wearing sandals and superhero T-shirts, they hoisted signs that read âWe want peaceâ and âStop the violenceâ...