by David Safier
The Librotraficante caravan, scheduled to arrive in Tucson Friday, got a warm reception and good sized crowds in El Paso yesterday.
El Paso played host Wednesday evening to a group of so-called "book traffickers" hoping to raise awareness about a controversial Arizona education law that led to the dismantling of a Mexican-American studies program and the removal of several related books from classrooms.
The event was held at the Mercado Mayapan in South-Central El Paso and was part of a multi-city "Librotraficante Caravan" starting in Houston and ending in Tucson. Librotraficante translates to "book trafficker." Several local El Paso organizations helped put on the event.
Go to the ABC/KVIA TV news page for video coverage of the El Paso events. Here's information on the events scheduled in Tucson Saturday.
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