Civic Innovator: Carlos Cruz

Carlos Cruz knows how dangerous it is to investigate crime and violence in Mexico. Since joining the mass of organizations and individuals demanding answers for the September 2014 disappearance of 43 Mexican students in the state of Guerrero, Cruz and his organization, Cauce Ciudadano (Citizens’ Way)—a nonprofit that addresses youth violence—have been warned not to get involved.

This isn’t the first time Cruz, 41, has been threatened. In 2012, threats from what he says were anonymous government officials temporarily ended his efforts to verify the...

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