Dual Injustice: Feminicide and Torture in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua (Excerpts)
By: WITNESS Media Archive
Posted: Jul 9 08
Witnessed: 3373 times
Regions: Mexico
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Forced disappearances, Violence against women
Tags: feminicide, impunity, killings, Women's rights
UPDATE: WITNESS collected over 2000 signatures on a petition asking Mexico's President Calderón to resolve the disappearances and murders of hundreds of women on the Mexico / US border. Peter Gabriel, Diego Luna and the Jaguares delivered these petitions to the Mexican government on March 27th, 2009. Read Rebecca Lichtenfeld's blog to see the results of this trip.
Running Time: 4 Minutes, 46 Seconds
Since 1993, over 470 women have been violently killed in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Known as "feminicide," this phenomenon has become one of the most embarrassing human rights scandals in recent Mexican history. Under fire for their inability to resolve these crimes, the police have attempted to appease the public outcry by torturing people to confess to the murders. However, neither the families of the disappeared nor those of the accused believe the right people are behind bars.
"Dual Injustice" tells the story of Neyra Cervantes, who disappeared in May 2003, and her cousin, David Meza, who was tortured to confess to her murder. As authorities were slow to investigate Neyra¹s case, her family called upon David, who traveled 1,500 miles to help search for her. As they increasingly pressured authorities to properly investigate, they were told, "You want a culprit? You will have him very soon." One week later, David was arrested. "Dual Injustice" chronicles how the families of Neyra and David have joined efforts in a remarkable struggle to end the rampant impunity enjoyed by those authorities who have referred to the murders of women as "hype" and have fabricated culprits.
Copyright 2005 Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos / WITNESS
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Comments
Ciudad Juarez Case
By Karolina Marines on Mar 19 09
I do not want to give more details about me as you may find out the reason after reading this comment.
My country is Mexico and I am still proud of being Mexican.
I´d like to comment about this case of serial deaths of women in Ciudad Juarez Chihuaha.
Personally, I do not really belive in fair justice nowadays in my country as most of the crimes in my country are involving people from Goverment.
If you do want to know about this case and know what happend with the women killers in this place, why don´t u ask the ex-Governator of Chihuahua at that time and by the way he could explain why he let HIS SON leave the country to go to Europe (Germany), also what happend with his SON´S FRIEND and then after his left... by miracle there is again some kind of "peace" and the brutal killing stopped against women.
I do not belive in Human Justice but I belive in God´s Justice.
Thank you for your attention.
K. M.
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