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Sexual harassment in Mexico drives women to look for rides with other women

Women in Mexico face daily fears of harassment and violence, especially when using public transportation and rideshare apps

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025

Why the arrest of cartel kingpins like Ovidio Guzman fuels drug violence in Mexico

Celebrated as major setback for Sinaloa Cartel, detention of Ovidio ‘El Raton’ Guzman Thursday has already led to revenge attacks in city of Culiacan

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

After Shanquella Robinson’s ‘femicide’, experts say US must do more to recognise violence against women

The US is obscuring an epidemic of violence against women by failing to classify gender-based killings, experts say

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

‘Femicide nation’: murder of young woman casts spotlight on Mexico’s gender violence crisis

Discovery of teen’s body has sparked a nationwide outcry and protests, following the murders of 1,000 women last year

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2022

Murdered Mexico teen Debanhi Escobar was seen entering motel where her body was found alone

Investigators said teen walked into roadside inn by herself and spent few minutes on property

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

Mexican women protest following murder of woman found dead in cistern after haunting last photo went viral

Officials found Debanhi Escobar’s body in unrecognisable condition in cistern at motel in Monterrey

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Hundreds of women protest in Mexico City over murder of 18-year-old dumped on side of road by taxi driver

Officials found Debanhi Escobar’s body in unrecognisable condition in cistern at motel in Monterrey

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Women protest in Mexico City over killings, disappearances

Hundreds of women are protesting in Mexico City following the horrifying death of an 18-year-old in the northern city of Monterrey

The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2022

Family buries Mexican teenager who has reignited anger over gender violence

Standing atop a windswept hill in northern Mexico, surrounded by dozens of fellow mourners, Mario Escobar prepared to bury his teenage daughter, Debanhi, one of the latest victims of the country's crisis of violence against women.

Reuters · Apr 24, 2022

Missing Mexican teenager found dead, fuelling outrage over gender violence in state where 26 women have disappeared this year

The body of Debanhi Escobar, 18, is found submerged in a cistern on the grounds of a Mexican motel near where she was last seen alive on April 9, sparking protests that blocked a major highway.

ABC News · Apr 23, 2022