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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]
As of February 2005, the number of murdered women in Ciudad Juarez since 1993 is estimated to be more than 370. [50] In 2005, journalist Lydia Cacho published a book, Demons of Eden, exposing Mexican politicians and business leaders' large roles in a child sex trade spanning Mexico. She was abducted and harassed by police officers in response. [51]
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.
An FBI and U.S. Border Patrol task force recently arrested a Juárez woman in a raid at an El Paso motel in a border case featuring a dark brew of drug trafficking, mutilation killings and the ...
Across the border from El Paso, Texas, a mass exodus triggered by a murderous war for drug trafficking routes into the United States has left huge swaths of Ciudad Juarez uninhabited, rocking ...
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.
As a result of the agreement, industries expanded and the three countries were able to trade at low cost. American industries such as General Electric, Alcoa and DuPont transferred their factory locations to Juarez, Mexico to take advantage of the cheap labor. [59] [60] In fact 80% of border factories/maquiladoras in Juarez are U.S. owned. [61]
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 ...