Ciudad Juarez
The Murdered Women of Juarez

The Murdered Women of Juarez

Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump — 39 pieces of charred bone.

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Poem: “Feminicide/Fimicidio”

Poem: “Feminicide/Fimicidio”

Amnesty International has confirmed that since 1992 the number of murdered women and girls from and around Ciudad Juárez is 475, and it believes over 5,000 women and girls have disappeared. – Barbara Martinez Jittner, independent film-maker i. On this eve of the dead, I cry out loud,“por favor Virgen de Guadalupe, don’t forsake me,” […]

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