Women Are Being Killed with Impunity in Mexico One study suggests that 99% of all cases (harassment, abuse, rape) go unreported and it is common knowledge that most of the cases that are reported are passed over with impunity and simply drop off, completely unpunished, as protestors note in the video below. This documentary sheds light on the role corruption and bureaucracy play in “denuncias”, the police reports filed against the perpetrator of the violence. Her daily marches from 2008-2010 to protest the acquittal of her daughter’s killer took her from Ciudad Juarez, near the US border, all the way to Mexico City, in Central Mexico. Maria Escobedo’s three deaths are the death of her daughter Rubi, who was brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend, the symbolic death Rubi experienced when the court acquitted her killer, and Maria’s own death, when she was shot on the command of her daughter’s killer outside the Government Palace of Chihuahua, where she was protesting. “Las Tres Muertes”, the Pandemic, and the Feminist Movement A recent Netflix documentary entitled “Las Tres Muertes de Marisela Escobedo” sheds light on what began as a small, local protest and ended up contributing to the growth of a movement that now encompasses tens of thousands of women all over Mexico. In the case of Mexico, recent protests on Women’s Day 2021 might seem like a sudden, unprecedented upsurge in activism against femicide, but the momentum behind this movement has been building for years.
In fact, physical security for women remains an exception to the norm worldwide. Violence against women plays an unfortunately prevalent role in many cultures. Pink Crosses in Mexico, a symbol of “Ni Una Más” ( Not One More Woman)
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