More than 250 women been murdered in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, in the past decade, with hardly any official notice. The Mexican government has long ignored the problem, but has finally taken the small step of appointing a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of it.
Many of the women killed in Ciudad Juarez – across the border from the US city of El Paso in Texas – over the past 10 years were factory workers snatched while travelling to and from their jobs.
Most had been brutally sexually assaulted and tortured before their deaths.
There have been several arrests – but most cases were allegedly based on forced confessions and only one man has been convicted, for one of the killings.
Update: The V-Day organization is planning a memorial march on Juarez for Valentine's Day — just a short hop from San Diego if you're coming down for ETCON
