14 women missing this year in notorious Mexico border city
AFP
MEXICO CITY - Two teenage girls have gone missing in Ciudad Juarez, authorities said Thursday, making a total of 14 missing females this year in the Mexican border city where hundreds of young women were killed in the 1990s.
One 17-year-old girl went missing on Tuesday after taking a bus in the city center, and another 16-year-old girl was last seen on May 24, local justice officials said Thursday.
Non-governmental organization Our Daughters Return Home said that the girls were slim with black hair, with the same profile as most of the women assassinated in the 1990s.
"The situation is very worrying and serious due to what happened barely more than five years ago," said Marilu Garcia, from the organization.
Authorities say that for about a decade from 1993, around 380 women were killed in Ciudad Juarez, in very violent crimes that were often sex-related.
Rights group Amnesty International says more than 400 were killed.
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"The situation is very worrying and serious due to what happened barely more than five years ago," said Marilu Garcia, from the organization.
Authorities say that for about a decade from 1993, around 380 women were killed in Ciudad Juarez, in very violent crimes that were often sex-related.
Rights group Amnesty International says more than 400 were killed.
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