Thousands Protest Violence Against Women in Mexico Cities After Teen’s Murder PressTV
go to original September 18, 2017

Update: Mexican State Suspends Cabify Ride App After Woman Killed (Associated Press)

Mexican women have staged a protest rally in the capital Mexico City, demanding justice in the case of a young woman who was kidnapped and murdered.

Thousands of demonstrators marched on Sunday from Mexico City’s Zocalo, or central plaza, to the attorney general’s office, where they staged performances denouncing the inaction of the authorities in the face of violence against women.

Mara Castilla’s body was found on Friday in the neighboring state of Puebla, one week after hiring a cab from a ride-sharing app called Cabify similar to Uber.

Prosecutors say the Cabify driver kidnapped Mara, a 19-year-old student, and took her to a hotel, where he sexually assaulted her and strangled and beat her to death.

Afterward, he dumped the body in an area near a hotel. The alleged killer was identified only as Ricardo N.

“It wasn’t your fault, Mara,” read a sign carried by one the marchers, rejecting attempts to shift the blame on her.

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Related: The Gruesome Murder of a Mexican Teenager Is Exposing the Risks of Ride-Sharing Apps (Quartz)

Related: The #AlertaMujeresMX Campaign Raising Awareness Against Gender Violence (El Universal)

Related: Mexican Women Are at Risk Every Day (Prensa Latina)

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