'Bravest Woman in Mexico' Seeking U.S. Asylum Soon to Have Her Story Staged Off-Broadway LatinaLista
go to original March 12, 2013

Valles Garcia left Mexico and is currently seeking asylum in the United States. Her first hearing in immigration court takes place in 2013. (El Universal)

A new play making its world premiere next month at New York City’s legendary La MaMa theater brings the courageous story of a young Mexican police chief to the Big Apple stage. “So go the ghosts of mexico, part one” was written by Matthew Paul Olmos and tells the story of Marisol Valles Garcia.

At the age of 20, Marisol Valles Garcia served as police chief of the Mexican town of Praxedis, until she received death threats from drug cartels.

At the age of 20, Valles Garcia was installed as the new police chief of Praxedis, Chihuahua, Mexico. The position fell on the young girl’s shoulders after the previous police chief was beheaded by local drug cartels for not co-operating with them and other interim chiefs were frightened off the force.

While Valles Garcia was hailed as the ‘bravest woman in the world’ and attracted worldwide media attention, she was excited about implementing a new strategy to deal with the cartels. Having studied criminology in school and served as the Secretary for Public Security of Praxedis, Valles Garcia felt she was the right person to bring peace and tranquility to her town.

She was wrong.

Read the whole story at Latina Lista

Performances will be staged from April 11-28, 2013 at La MaMa

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