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Women of Juarez
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| Contributor | Patrick |
| Post Date | , 12:am |
| Description | For over a decade, hundreds of women have been murdered in the frontier town of Ciudad Juárez.
Over 370 women have been gang-raped, found savagely mutilated with ritualistic markings, burnt and dumped in the Chihuahua desert. In addition to the murders, the women of Juárez are victim to widespread domestic violence. Juárez is also infamous for its corruption and lays claim to one of the largest drug cartels on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, using the Texan town of El Paso as a portal to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States.
The handling of the Juárez femicide by local police is a farce.
It is speculated that members of the force are involved in the murders, and those who aren't directly murdering the women are assisting through negligent investigative procedures and cover-ups. This unprofessional and morally corrupt culture leads to a larger problem within the Mexican government.
With examples of police incompetence becoming everyday news and the lack of substantial evidence to make arrests, it seems unlikely that the murders in Juárez will ever be solved. When two bus drivers were arrested in 2001 for their alleged involvement in the murders, the subsequent case raised more questions about police cover-up than evidence against the men. |
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