The women painted a cross of nails, pink and black, which is on the international bridge that divides Mexico and the United States.
Luz Del Carmen Flores, mother of Luz Angélica Mena Flores, who disappeared on August 4, 2008, told EFE that “this day is to let the authorities know that the disappeared women should be here, with us and they have not done nothing to get them back to us”.
One of the members of the collectives who attended was Adriana Linares, who commented that the cases of disappeared women continue.
“Five years ago, a forced disappearance law was approved and in Chihuahua, there is no homologation of this law, despite the fact that our state is one of those that suffers the most violence,” he said.
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Yadira Cortés, a member of the Red Mesa de Mujeres collective, said that this demonstration is to remind the authorities what femicide represents and the lack of an adequate budget to attend to crimes and prevent them.
“From 2021 to date, 21 women have been victims of intentional homicide, more than 1,200 folders of family violence. In 2022, we led the nation as the city with the most cases of sexual violence against women,” he told EFE.
According to data from the Red Mesa de Mujeres, there are between 500 and 600 investigation folders in the city, for cases of family violence on a monthly basis.
According to data from the State Attorney General’s Office, in 2022, 6,900 investigation folders for family violence were opened; while for sexual abuse and rape, 1,400 folders were opened; plus other crimes against women of which 500 investigation folders were opened.
In Mexico, 27,133 women and girls were murdered between 2015 and 2022, according to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
