Case overview
More than 500 women were killed between 1993 and 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, a city in northern Mexico. The murder of women in Juárez has attracted global attention since 1993, given suspected police and government inaction to prevent the murders and bring perpetrators to justice. [1]
In 1996, an Egyptian, Abdul Latif Sharif, was convicted of 3 murders and sentenced to a 30-year prison term. In 2011, Amnesty International said, "The government [has] failed to take effective measures to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the abduction and killing of three women in Ciudad Juárez... or to combat the ongoing pattern of violence against women and discrimination in the city. In 2008, 16-year-old Ruby Frayre Escobedo was murdered by Sergio Barraza Bocanegra, who was acquitted at his first trial for lack of evidence. [2]
