The body of 18-year-old Debanhi Escobar, who had been missing since April 9, was found inside a hotel cistern Thursday night on a highway in the suburbs of Monterrey, capital of the state of Nuevo León.
This Friday, feminist groups took to the streets of that city to demand justice for the death of the young woman.
Hundreds of women carried banners with legends such as “Nuevo León is a feminicide” and “Enough of lies, enough of covering up. Justice!”.
“What we all see cannot be hidden, I want them to see us, to pay more attention to us,” Valeria, who avoided giving her last name, told AFP during the demonstration.
The women made graffiti in the facilities of the Nuevo León prosecutor’s office that said “For Debanhi, for all, not one more” and “Feminicides. They are killing us”.
Debanhi was last seen at dawn on a highway after getting off an enforcement taxi due to an apparent disagreement with the driver.
The case became paradigmatic due to the increase in the number of disappeared women that has been registered in Nuevo León. So far this year there are reports of 327 missing women in the state, according to official figures.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lamented the incident before the press and offered that it be investigated by the attorney general’s office.
“We are expressing our desire for what happened to be clarified and, without advancing trials, to help in the investigation, if requested by the government of Nuevo León,” said the president.
The case sparked outrage in Mexico, where violence against women has increased in recent years, with an average of 10 murdered a day, according to official figures.
Amnesty International demanded that the Mexican authorities not let Escobar’s death go unpunished.
“The Mexican authorities continue to commit deficiencies that violate the right of women to a life free of violence,” the organization said.
The entrance Mexico shaken by the death of a woman who was missing was first published in diary TODAY.
