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They are political acts, central to how criminal sovereignty in Mexico is exercised and reproduced. Mexico has one of the highest rates of femicide in Latin America.

The state of Morelos, in south-central Mexico, had the highest rate of femicide with 4.7 women per 100,000 murdered, followed by Chihuahua (2.35 per 100,000) and Tabasco (2.22 per 100,000).

According to the latest data from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), there were 1.3 deaths per every 100,000 women in Mexico in 2023, Reuters reported.

State authorities said they were investigating Márquez’s death as a possible femicide, an extreme case of gender-based violence common in Latin America where a woman is attacked due to her gender.

Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia are tied as the countries with the fourth-highest rates of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the latest data from the United Nations ...

“If you look at Central America, some of the most important reasons why women migrate, especially with their children, is because of the fear of femicide,” says Beatriz Garcia Nice, who lives in ...

"If you look at Central America, some of the most important reasons why women migrate, especially with their children, is because of the fear of femicide," says Beatriz Garcia Nice, who lives in ...