Mexico has one of the world's highest femicide rates, [1] [2] with as many as 3% of murder victims classified as femicides. In 2021, there were approximately 1,000 femicides, out of 34,000 total murder victims. [3]

Dec 5, 2024 · With more than 2,526 women murdered in the past three decades – from 1993 through 2023 – and hundreds disappeared, Ciudad Juárez remains Mexico’s deadliest city for women.

Jul 3, 2023 · In Mexico, some 10 women and girls are killed every day by intimate partners or other family members, according to government data. The crimes have sparked several waves of protests and put gender violence at the top of Mexico’s political agenda.

May 19, 2020 · Through the years, Mexico has seen everything: women stabbed, skinned, disemboweled, raped, and murdered. Little girls have been kidnapped from their preschools in broad daylight, corpses have often been discarded in canals, and at times reporting a dissappearance is where the investigation ends.

Jul 17, 2024 · In Mexico, femicide is the official legal term used to describe the intentional killing of women based on gender, with culprits driven by misogyny and sexism, encompassing the...

Mar 19, 2020 · Almost 35,000 people were murdered in 2019, Mexico’s most violent year on record. The sky-high murder rate in the country made international news and called into question President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (also known as AMLO) ability to manage an ever-changing security landscape in Mexico.

Nov 25, 2023 · Newly published data reinforces the theory that women in Mexico experience violence from birth. Every year, more than 3,000 women — including children and teens — are murdered, although only 24%...