Women's Group Aiding Migrants Says Mexico is Fractured by Violence and Impunity Proceso
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Norma Romero Vázquez, director of Las Patronas, receives National Human Rights Award from President Enrique Peña Nieto (Presidency of the Republic)

Norma Romero Vázquez, leader of Las Patronas - a group of women who work in support of migrants who cross Mexico on their way to the United States - regrets how “Mexico has become fractured,” marked “by violence, impunity, apathy, discrimination, and by the lack of real opportunity.”

Upon receiving the National Prize for Human Rights from the hands of President Enrique Peña Nieto, the activist maintained that “rather than advancing, we have deteriorated, because the idea of progress sustained by taking advantage of those who have less is nothing more than a violation of human rights.”

This week, Romero Vázquez received a medal, acknowledgment, and a cash prize for her work helping undocumented migrants.

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Translated by Leila English

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