Mexican poet Javier Sicilia 's son and six friends were killed by drug cartel hit men . Sicilia gave up writing and started a movement for peace and an end to war on drugs . Drug lords could not afford their wars without massive illegal drug profits and collusion by international banks to launder their money . Colombia : 60,000 slain since war on drugs began in 2006 , with no end to violence . Sicilia leads a peace caravan in the U.S. to end the drug war between both nations .
Mexican poet Javier Sicilia 's son and six friends were killed by drug cartel hit men . Sicilia gave up writing and started a movement for peace and an end to war on drugs . Colombia : 60,000 slain since war on drugs began in 2006 , with no end to violence . Sicilia leads a peace caravan in the U.S. to end the drug war between both nations .