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Believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, Copas shot the driver, causing the vehicle, a Nissan Maxima, to strike a highway barrier and come to a stop along U.S. 54 South, police said.
A Kentucky woman who allegedly shot and killed her Uber driver because she falsely believed he was kidnapping her to take her to Mexico has been charged with his murder.. Phoebe Copas, 48, hailed ...
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Eight people were killed in the city of Tuzantla, Michoacán, in a firefight between rival factions of La Familia Michoacana: Yecapixtla Shooting September 1, 2022 Yecapixtla, Morelos: 5 Five people including a former mayor, are killed and several others are injured after a mass shooting at a soccer field in Yecapixtla, Morelos. [171] [172]
The case, investigated by the Nuevo León prosecutor's office as a femicide, [3] happened amid a crisis of missing women in Nuevo León and throughout Mexico. [4] Escobar's killing shocked Mexican society and made international news. The disappearance case went viral on social media and sparked protests in Mexico. [5]
Femicides are most prevalent in the states of Veracruz, State of Mexico, Nuevo León, Puebla, and Mexico City. [6] Of these crimes, 3% are criminally investigated and 1% of perpetrators are convicted. [7] Ingrid Escamilla Vargas (born c. 1995) was a 25-year-old woman originally from Puebla.
Spiraling violence, much of it linked to drug trafficking, has seen more than 450,000 people murdered in Mexico since 2006, when the government launched an offensive against organized crime.
Shanquella Brenada Robinson (January 9, 1997 – October 29, 2022) was an American businesswoman, founder of a women's fashion clothing line, hairstylist and social media personality from North Carolina, United States, who was murdered while on vacation in Mexico.