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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]
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 ...
Violence surges in the Mexican border city of Juárez amid a war between La Linea and La Empresa crime organizations.
El Triunfo, Iztapalapa, Mexico City 5 5 men are shot dead on El Triunfo street in Iztapalapa [131] [132] Salamanca nightclub shooting: March 9, 2019 Salamanca, Guanajuato 15 Minatitlán shooting: April 19, 2019 Minatitlán, Veracruz 14 [133] Uruapan massacre: August 8, 2019 Uruapan, Michoacán 19 19 bodies found in three parts of the city
A black mourning ribbon decorates a photo of Aylin Valenzuela, 19, is a close-up of an image posted on TikTok by her mother. Valenzuela was found slain in Juárez, Mexico, on April 7, 2023.
Nayeli Macías, left, marches with her daughters, Layla, 4, and Ximena, 8, as they enter the 16 de Septiembre tunnel a women's march in Ciudad Juárez, March 8, 2024.
2020 saw an increase in femicides; in the first seven months of 2020, reports suggested 2,000 femicides had occurred. Mexico is considered one of the countries with more femicides in Latin America and the world, among the most dangerous states is the State of Mexico, especially for one of its municipalities: Ecatepec, since in this state 84 murders were reported in the first months of the year.
Both were active between 1993 and 2003, in the city of Ciudad Juárez. [2] According to his own statements, Granados kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered at least 8-10 young women, [ 3 ] [ 1 ] but according to the Attorney General of the State of Chihuahua they murdered at least 14 women. [ 4 ]