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[17] 2017 was Mexico's deadliest year on record, with 31,174 murders recorded, leading to a murder rate of 25 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, compared with 19.4 in 2011. [18] In May 2018, Mexico broke the previous deadliest month on record set in October with 2,530 reported cases of intentional homicides during the month, or 93 per day. [19]
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]
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.
A common grave in a county cemetery in Juárez is the final resting place for many unidentified bodies, including migrants who die in the border city attempting to or entering the United States.
More: Aggravated femicide in Mexico 'I can't live with this pain': Fort Bliss soldier accused of killing Juárez woman As the shouts faded, Claudia Eguia stood to the side of the crowd with her ...
The Ciudad Juárez Rebels is the self-imposed name of a group of Mexican serial killers who were active between 1995 and 1996 in Ciudad Juárez, and are responsible for several feminicides in 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.
The Fight to Save Juárez: Life in the Heart of Mexico's Drug War is a 2013 book by Ricardo C. Ainslie, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. It is published by the University of Texas Press and documents the Mexican Drug War in Ciudad Juárez in the years 2008-2010.