The U.S. media paid little attention to
Mexico’s Arab moment:
Protesters demand the resignation of Mexico’s top drug war official.
But while such stories have become tragically common in Mexico, this was
the first time the mourners could vent their grief in front of tens of
thousands of sympathizers and TV cameras from across the world.And in this media spotlight, the protesters made a new demand — amid
the failure of the government to provide security, they cried, the Public
Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna must resign.
“We don’t want more dead. We don’t want more hate,” protest leader
Javier Sicilia told the crowd. “President Felipe Calderon — show
you are listening to us, and make the public safety secretary resign.”The demand announced at Sunday’s rally gave a new edge to a movement
that has been steadily rising amid the massacres and mass graves of
Mexico’s drug war.Up until then, protesters had come out with a mix
