Femicide

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In the last decades, femicide and gender violence have shown an alarming increase in Mexico

In a leaked video, the murderer can is seen confessing the heinous crime

The latest femicide case is Ingrid Escamilla, who was murdered, skinned, and dismembered by a man

The murder of Ingrid Escamilla is the latest femicide case in a string of brutal crimes against women in Mexico

For decades, Mexican women have been besieged by crimes such as femicide, sexual slavery, and rape

Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre, an artist and feminist activist, was murdered in Ciudad Juárez

On average, 10 women and girls are murdered in Mexico every day

In 2018 and 2019, 10 women were murdered in Mexico every day

From January to October 2019, over 3,000 women were murdered in Mexico, however, only 809 cases were registered as femicides