“Laura Velazquez had to identify her sister Diana’s body by her braids because her face and torso were left unrecognizable. Diana left her house in Chimalhuacan, Mexico, on July 2, 2017, where she was raped and choked to death by multiple men. Now, almost two years later, the authorities still have not found her murderers, who presumably still walk free. Perhaps the worst part of Diana’s case is that it is so terribly normal.
“Mexico is a deadly place to be a woman. On International Women’s Day this year, while American women were marching for representation and equal pay, women in Mexico were protesting the failure of law enforcement to investigate the murders of their daughters.”