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Mexican Authorities' Failings in Femicide Cases

By Marco Grajeda

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Las Cruces, NM – Hundreds of women are dead or missing right across the American border, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Over the past thirteen years families and communities have struggled to get answers from the government. Family member, artists, activists and officials came together demanding justice for women at the J. Paul Taylor Symposium at NMSU. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, a member of the Argentine Forensic Team sent to find answers says what they've found are barriers.