Carla Sánchez Armas local deputy from the leftist Social Democratic Party alleged in late-April that there are serious crimes against women in the nations capital, citing the 244 “femicides” (feminicidios) in Mexico City last year as the highest number of any state-level entity in the country. Last year the local legislature of the Federal District approved the Law of Women’s Access to a Life Free of Violence, which seeks to address crimes and violence against women. Nonetheless, Sánchez blamed the femicides on the lack of legal protections for women in Mexico City.
From the Justice in Mexico Project’s Monthly News Report: May
http://www.justiceinmexico.org/news/recent_news.php
SOURCES:
Rivera, Ricardo. “Estiman 244 feminicidios al año en DF,” Reforma, April 21, 2009.
