With 1,812 women killed this year already, Mexico is Latin America’s second-deadliest place for women after Brazil.
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Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
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Even with the best will in the world, there’s only so much social policy can do to stop organised crime.
Murder rates in Mexico have spiked since the military was first sent in to fight organized crime in 2006.
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Exactly 234,966 people have died in Mexico’s 11-year drug war. Now the government wants to deploy soldiers to criminal hot spots, a move many fear will just increase violence and weaken the police.
Boots on the ground.
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October 2017 was Mexico’s deadliest month on record.