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More than 500 women were killed between 1993 and 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, a city in northern Mexico. [1] [2] The murders of women and girls received international attention primarily due to perceived government inaction in preventing the violence and bringing perpetrators to justice. [3]
Violence surges in the Mexican border city of Juárez amid a war between La Linea and La Empresa crime organizations.
Alejandro was an orphan. He was baptized Armando Martínez. [4] He spent a portion of his childhood in orphanages in the United States. During the 1970s, he was adopted by Guillermo Máynez, a Chihuahua business entrepreneur and owner of approximately 20 bars and nightclubs in Juárez, and his family, who gave him his surname and changed his name to Alejandro.
The Villas de Salvárcar massacre occurred in Villas de Salvárcar, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on January 31, 2010, early in the morning. 16 young people died. [1] Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera of the El Paso Times stated that the event "brought attention to the city's social problems" and "caused outrage in Mexico because of the brutality.".
An armored vehicle of the Chihuahua state police makes its way down a street in Juárez, Mexico, in 2023. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Juárez gang accused of removing hearts ...
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A candlelit vigil and march was held for Juarez on February 11, 2003, one week after the disappearance. [7] The vigil began at the Juarez home and saw about 300 people march from the house to St. Joseph's Church. By the third week of the search for Sofia, the Juarez family had removed the public memorial established outside their home. [16]
Maquiladora women workers are not the only ones affected by the violence. The majority of those murdered and who disappeared are women and girls who work at local retail, students, teachers, and sex workers. [2] Many people began calling this situation a feminicide because of the degree of violence and high numbers of dead women in Juarez ...