Relatives of missing women demand in Ciudad Juárez advances in the investigations of their cases

EFE.- relatives of missing young people in the border Ciudad Juárez, in the state of Chihuahua, remembered them this Friday with an emotional tribute and demanded progress in the investigations, many of which have not resolved years.

Dozens of red shoes, of different styles and sizes, were exhibited in the center of the city as a memory of all of them and to call the government.

In addition, canvases were also placed with the images of the disappeared with messages alluding to the claim of knowing where they are.

One of the best known events in this city is that of Esmeralda Castillo, a young woman who was 14 years old at the time of her disappearance in 2009 and who would turn 27 today.

His father, José Luis Castillo, gathered, as for seven years, with relatives and friends of the young woman to commemorate her birthday.But on this occasion he was different, because he organized a one -kilometer race in the downtown area, symbolically and to add efforts in the fight against forced disappearance and feminicide.

“Today Esmeralda Castillo turns 27 and we demand a real investigation from the authorities, (therefore) they make pure simulations.We lift the voice to raise awareness among young people who are at risk, who think nothing happens, tell them that the disappearances follow, recently cases of murdered women were recorded, ”she said.

Another of the event attendees was Irma Vargas Laguna, mother of Marisela González, who was 26 years old at the time of her disappearance report 10 years ago.

“The authorities say nothing about my daughter's case, they say that by dressing as her disappearance was dressed and that declaration causes outrage.It's like losing a piece of life, ”Vargas told Efe with the broken voice.

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Marisela had four children, who now have 11, 12, 15 and 19 years, who receive basic care in the orphanage the city of the child, since their grandmother cannot meet or cover their needs.

For his part, David Peña, defender of Human Rights, who also attended this symbolic act, told Efe: "With these activities we seek to maintain the memory of Esmeralda Castillo and prevent more cases of disappearances."

He explained that this is not an isolated phenomenon and that local criminal groups have complicity with police and other authorities.

Ciudad Juárez is a city that has been marked internationally by cases of femicide.20 years after the discovery of the bodies of 8 women in the well -known “Cotton Campo” case, seven cases of these expect to be admitted by the Inter -American Court of Human Rights.

In recent years in Mexico, femicide figures and violence against women have been increasing, in addition to the high impunity index that allows aggressors and murderers to continue in the streets.

Mexico faces a crisis of sexist violence with the murder of more than 10 women a day, according to UN Women and civil organizations, either by malicious or femicide homicides, the crime of killing a woman for gender reasons.

In 2021, the country registered a thousand four feminicides, 2.66% more than in 2020, the reflection of the pressing sexist violence in a country criticized for not addressing the insecurity suffered by women and for a high impunity in most crimes.