"Mexico feminicide!" A hundred women gathered Friday, February 15 in front of the presidency, in Mexico City, painting inscriptions on the walls of the palace and chanting slogans against feminicide, many in Mexico. They demanded that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador act against this scourge, protesting in particular against the particularly brutal murder of a young woman in the capital.

"We are angry, we are outraged. We are here because they are killing us, and neither this government nor the previous one cares about us," said a protester.

The rallies denounced the brutal murder last weekend in Mexico City of Ingrid Escamilla, 25. The young woman was stabbed by her companion who then butchered and gutted it, then ripped organs from him which he threw in the toilet of the apartment where they lived.

The crime sparked outrage in Mexico. The case also sparked protests over the release, presumably by justice and police officials, of images of the young woman's mutilated body that were published by tabloids in the capital.

An investigation is underway to determine how these images were communicated to the media. "We demand a public apology from the media for the dissemination of Ingrid's photos. Even dead, we deserve respect!" Shouted a masked protester during a march through the streets of Mexico City, watched by some 200 riot police.

1,006 feminicides in Mexico in 2019

Other rallies were held Friday in the capital and in several other cities in Mexico.

During his daily press conference, the president was questioned by activist Frida Guerrera on this issue, who accused him of speaking much more about corruption than about the recurrent killings of women. "I am not shirking my responsibilities," said the president.

In 2019, Mexico recorded 1,006 feminicides, according to official figures which are undoubtedly below the reality.

With AFP

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