Mexico - Femicide in Monterrey sparks outrage

A young woman’s disappearance and murder highlight deteriorating gender security conditions throughout Mexico.

On April 9, 18 year-old Debhani Escobar disappeared while returning from a party in the outskirts of Monterrey in Nuevo León. According to her family, she left the party in a private car called by friends but got out of the vehicle and was abandoned by the driver on the highway that runs between Monterrery and Nuevo Laredo in the early hours of the morn…