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![]() GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer wrote: > Lest one doubt that what's being termed the "femicide" crisis in > Mexico and Central America is now well underway throughout the United > States -- DUE TO THE ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION AND COLONIZATION OF THE USA > -- merely access some of the links appended to this post. > > Bush, Nancy ($50 million fortune) Pelosi and all the other > well-connected socioeconomic elites who serve as cheerleaders for the > illegal alien influx are conveniently well-insulated from its homicidal > consequences. The average Mr. and Mrs. United States Citizen, > unfortunately, ISN'T. > __________________________________________________ ____________ > > http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35603 > > MEXICO-CENTRAL AMERICA: > Juárez Femicides, Just a Drop in the Ocean of Blood > > BY Diego Cevallos > > MEXICO CITY, Nov 24 (IPS) - Ciudad Juárez in Mexico has been dubbed > "the femicide capital" of the world by human rights organisations > because about 400 women have been killed there in the last 13 years. > But murders of women are also frequent elsewhere in Mexico, as well as > in Guatemala and El Salvador, and so far there is little public > discussion about them. > > An average of 1,000 women a year were murdered in Mexico, a country of > 103 million, between 1995 and 2005, according to official figures. > Ciudad Juárez does not even appear on the list of the places where the > largest number of killings occurred -- instead, they are Toluca, a city > close to the capital, and Guadalajara, in the central state of Jalisco. > > And across the border in Guatemala, which has a population of 13 > million, 566 women were killed in the first 10 months of this year, > while in El Salvador, a country of 6.9 million, 286 were killed between > January and August. > > Despite the high numbers, these crimes have not enjoyed the same > notoriety as in Ciudad Juárez, on Mexico's border with the United > States, where they have been the object of an outcry by human rights > groups, investigations by United Nations rapporteurs, films, > documentaries and books. > > "Juárez has become a by-word as a result of all the denunciations and > demonstrations that the femicides there have provoked, but in other > Mexican cities, and particularly in Guatemala, the situation now is > extremely serious," Teresa Rodríguez, head of the United Nations > Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) for Mexico, Central America, Cuba > and the Dominican Republic, told IPS. > > "We are very concerned about these murders, which for the most part go > unpunished," Rodríguez said ahead of the International Day for the > Elimination of Violence against Women, which since 1999 is commemorated > on Nov. 25. > > "There is a culture that continues to turn a blind eye to this > situation, and we cannot tolerate it. It must be combated and prevented > by means of public policies, but also, as has happened in Ciudad > Juárez, it must be exposed and denounced, and we have to make it clear > that these killings are not normal, just as violence against women and > girls in general is not normal," she said. > > Femicide is a term that has been coined for misogynist or > gender-motivated murders of women, sometimes accompanied by sexual > violence. > > In Ciudad Juárez, located next to the U.S. border town of El Paso, > about 400 women have been murdered since 1993. Sexual violence was > involved in 78 of these crimes, according to official reports. > > The Special Prosecutor's Office Investigating Crimes Related to > Violence Against Women, created by the outgoing Vicente Fox > administration, reported in February that there is no pattern > indicative of serial killings in Juárez, contrary to what human rights > organisations have claimed. > > The report also said that 125 women died in their own homes, at the > hands of relatives or acquaintances. > > UNIFEM estimates that between 20 and 30 percent of murdered women in > Mexico and Central America are killed by their partners or relatives. > > In Juárez, most of the murdered women were in the 15-30 age group, and > many were from low-income social strata and worked in maquiladora > factories, which operate in tax-free zones and assemble products for > export using imported materials. > > These factories are concentrated in Ciudad Juárez and other Mexican > cities along the U.S. border. Their work force mainly consists of young > women, many of whom are living away from their families. > > Although the Guatemalan context is different, the killings are similar. > Deputy Nineth Montenegro, chair of the Guatemalan Congressional > Commission on Women, said on Nov. 20 that 566 women had been murdered > in her country between January and October. > > Femicides in Guatemala are attributed mainly to drug trafficking, > organised crime and youth gangs. > > Montenegro said that in most of these deaths the motive remained > unknown, and it was evident that these crimes were treated as of little > importance, as they were spreading and taking root in society. > > UNIFEM's regional director said that there was a lot of work to be done > to curb and prevent the killing of women. > > "Better training is needed for the police and in the justice system. > These sectors are especially lagging in Central America, but now draft > laws towards that end are being debated," she said. > > The "In-depth study on all forms of violence against women", published > in July by the United Nations, mentioned the Ciudad Juárez murders for > the zillionth time, but also referred to the killings in Guatemala. > > "Femicide occurs everywhere, but the scale of some cases of femicide > within community contexts -- for example, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and > Guatemala -- has drawn attention to this aspect of violence against > women," the report said. > > In line with the complaints by human rights groups and women's > organisations, the U.N. states in its report that "impunity for these > crimes is seen as a key factor in these occurrences." > > The report does not mention El Salvador, but the situation there is > also very serious. > > Between January and August, 286 murders of women were reported in El > Salvador, indicating an increase in the annual average of such deaths. > From 2001 to the end of 2005, 1,320 women were killed, according to a > study by the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson (PDDH). > > Sixty percent of these killings, most of which were committed in a > domestic setting, remain unpunished. > > Rodríguez hopes that the exposure and denunciation of femicides in El > Salvador, Guatemala and several cities in Mexico will encourage civil > society and governments to create new programmes and actions to combat > them, for what is happening "is totally unacceptable." (END/2006) > > -- > PLEASE EMAIL THESE LINKS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW: > www.predatoryaliens.com > www.immigrationshumancost.org > www.daylaborers.org > www.alipac.us > > "The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather MacDonald > http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_...gal_alien.html > > See the COLOSSAL costs of illegal aliens to the American taxpayer: > www.immigrationcounters.com > > www.AmericanPatrol.com > www.SaveOurState.org > www.escapingjustice.com > > Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals: > www.deputydavidmarch.com > www.kriseggle.org > > "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an > irate, tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of > freedom in the minds of men." > -- Samuel Adams > . > "Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged > in criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent social security > numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses > represent some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of > illegal aliens on a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their > illegal status. In addition, violent crime and drug distribution and > possession is also prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's > federal prison population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the > country, 12% of felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are > committed by illegal aliens." > -- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House > Subcommittee on immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of > warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd > most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens] America in decline, a political state that lacks the will to control it's borders. ted |
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