Children march for end to violence in crime-ridden southern Mexico

Children of the Nahua indigenous community of Alcozacan are seen in their house, before a demonstration by children carrying replicas of toy and wooden weapons, in the town of Alcozacan, Guerrero state , Mexico April 29, 2021. REUTERS /Mahe Elipe TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

ALCOZACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Holding balloons and homemade signs, children paraded the streets of a Mexican village, chanting slogans and calling for peace in a region where drug gangs wield deadly force.

Boys and girls in Alcozacan, a hamlet in a mountainous municipality of southern Guerrero state, enthusiastically took part in a march that included adults on Friday, when Mexico celebrated Children's Day.