Special Policewomen's Unit Targets Crimes Against Women in Cuernavaca Daniel Higa - Infosurhoy
go to original April 23, 2014

Here are some of the officers from the Policewomen’s Criminal Investigation Model Unit of the state of Morelos, a 26-member unit launched in November to target crimes against women. (Morelos Attorney General’s Office)

CUERNAVACA, Mexico – Femicides, domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual crimes are investigated by the Policewomen’s Criminal Investigation Model Unit of the state of Morelos, a 26-member squad launched in November.

“The main goal is to investigate and pursue crimes against women and in this way, improve their quality of life,” Morelos State Attorney General Rodrigo Dorantes Salgado said.

Of Morelos’ 1,897,393 residents, 951,477 are women, of who 147,923 have suffered emotional violence, 84,941 economic violence, 31,938 physical violence and 15,572 sexual violence, according to the 2013 National Survey on the Dynamics of Domestic Relationships.

“There are many women who suffer family violence in a systematic way and are sexually, emotionally and physically abused but are too frightened to denounce it,” Rosalía Santiago Moya, the commander of the Policewomen’s Criminal Investigation Model Unit, said.

Between 2012 and 2013, 122 femicides were reported in Morelos, according to the Independent Commission on Human Rights, a local NGO.

The policewomen have been trained in gender matters, victim assistance, psychological help, tactics and operations, weapons handling and self-defense.

Since November, they have investigated 10 cases and have arrested a father for allegedly raping his daughter in December of 2013 in the municipality of Tepoztlán.

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