24 August 2011

MEXICO: Femicides Continue In Chihuahua State; 222 Murdered So Far.

                                                  FOX

     The state of Chihuahua and its largest city Juarez...have earned the reputation of being deadly for women.
     So far this year...222 women have been killed there.
     In 2010...370 women were murdered in the state.
     Cd. Juarez's femicides started in the early 1990s...when many young women simply disappeared.
     The National Human Rights Commission reports that more than 500 women have been killed in Cd. Juarez since 1993.
     Most cases are still...unsolved.