The Embrace of Strangers  June 1, 2011  The Embrace of Strangers
Mexico's most wanted journalist describes how Amnesty
International saved her life.   Mexican journalist and human
rights defender Lydia Cacho has made powerful enemies in her
fight to protect the rights of women and children.  Cacho, the
subject of several Amnesty International Urgent Action appeals,
has focused her investigative reporting on gender violence in
Mexico. Her 2005 book, The Demons of Eden, exposed elite
business leaders involved in a child sex-trafficking ring with
the complicity of government officials-and provoked retaliation
by her enemies, including her kidnapping, torture, and arrest.
She was released following an immediate international outcry,
including a global Amnesty International Urgent Action, and
later cleared of charges.  She continues her investigative work
while directing the crisis center and shelter she founded for
victims of sex crimes and trafficking.  As told to Jungwon Kim
I remember one day [at the shelte