English18/09/2017
Why was Mara Castilla murdered?
Mara was murdered because no one in Mexico is afraid of the Law
Self-nicknamed “Lady Poinsettia” walked around Cuernavaca’s main square wearing light clothes, to raise awareness of increasing harassment against women in the state of Morelos
Murders of women have risen by 84 percent to 2,383 last year from 1,298 in 2006, according to government statistics.
The Cepal revealed earlier this year that on average, 12 women are victims of female homicides per day in the region, with 7 of these murders occurring in Mexico alone.
Protests against gender-based violence are taking place in Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
The protest, marked with the Twitter hashtag #MiércolesNegro (Black Wednesday), or #NiUnaMenos (Not One Less) was prompted by the rape and killing of Lucía Pérez in Argentina
A rally was held at the monument of the Angel of the Independence.
The demonstrators, among them congressman César Camacho, a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Pary (PRI) and Carmen Salinas, actress and legislator, handed leaftlets to passerby.