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Day 2 - Border Wall from the Mexican Side - Nogales, AZ to Nogales, Sonora
November 11, 2017 (Veterans Day)
SOA (School of the Americas) Watch -
Border Encuentro - November 10-12, 2017
Day 2 of the "Border Encuentro" began with a Veterans For Peace led march from about 1 mile north of the border in Nogales, AZ to the border wall. There, the march split with hundreds following the wall on the US side and hundreds more crossing the border en-mass into Mexico and assembling across the wall from the US marchers. The stage had been assembled on the Mexican side and as speeches were given and music performed a massive mural was wheat pasted onto the backdrop with the theme of the weekend... "Tear Down the Walls. Build Up the People." 30 minutes into the performances, 100's more arrived with the Caravana Internacional por la Unidad de los Pueblos, marching along The Wall and carrying banners. Originating in Oaxaca on October 31, the Caravana Internacional arrived at the Border Encuentro after 12 days traveling the length of Mexico.
The "Border Encuentro", organized by SOA (School of the Americas) Watch, originated in 1990 as a yearly protest outside the gates of Fort Benning in Georgia. 2017 is the 2nd year that the gathering has moved to the US/Mexico border region in Arizona. Thousands from across the country gathered to take a hard look at the massive human costs of border militarization and US immigration policies and to protest the long and continuing history of US intervention in the affairs of Latin America.
#SOAWatch #borderencuentro
BorderEncuentro2017_Day2_IMG_1197-1
Day 2 - Border Wall from the Mexican Side - Nogales, AZ to Nogales, Sonora
November 11, 2017 (Veterans Day)
SOA (School of the Americas) Watch -
Border Encuentro - November 10-12, 2017
Day 2 of the "Border Encuentro" began with a Veterans For Peace led march from about 1 mile north of the border in Nogales, AZ to the border wall. There, the march split with hundreds following the wall on the US side and hundreds more crossing the border en-mass into Mexico and assembling across the wall from the US marchers. The stage had been assembled on the Mexican side and as speeches were given and music performed a massive mural was wheat pasted onto the backdrop with the theme of the weekend... "Tear Down the Walls. Build Up the People." 30 minutes into the performances, 100's more arrived with the Caravana Internacional por la Unidad de los Pueblos, marching along The Wall and carrying banners. Originating in Oaxaca on October 31, the Caravana Internacional arrived at the Border Encuentro after 12 days traveling the length of Mexico.
The "Border Encuentro", organized by SOA (School of the Americas) Watch, originated in 1990 as a yearly protest outside the gates of Fort Benning in Georgia. 2017 is the 2nd year that the gathering has moved to the US/Mexico border region in Arizona. Thousands from across the country gathered to take a hard look at the massive human costs of border militarization and US immigration policies and to protest the long and continuing history of US intervention in the affairs of Latin America.
#SOAWatch #borderencuentro