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mean only 2 to 6 percent
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of these cases have been prosecuted.
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At the national
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level, just 36 convictions
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had even been handed down in
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2021. Political science
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experts have said that authorities have simply
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turned their back on their responsibility to
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investigate these disappearances, which has created this
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environment where it's easy for someone to
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kidnap or kill because there is no
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punishment or justice. Even more
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frustrating, though, is the fact that even
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with these staggering numbers and statistics, the
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cases of missing women are usually downplayed
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in the media, if not outright ignored.
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Women are often blamed for their
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own disappearances, and their cases are
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treated as isolated incidents rather than
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a widespread systemic issue. To
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make matters worse, there are over 52,000 deceased
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people who have yet to
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be identified lying in mass
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graves, forensic service facilities, universities,
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forensic storage centers, and more.
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State prosecutors in Sonora have announced that
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they are sending mobile labs to three
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cities to collect mass DNA samples from
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relatives of the missing to help identify
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the bodies. As
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of early 2022, when Dabani went missing,
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the number of people registered as quote-unquote
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disappeared in Mexico was around 99,000, with
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98 percent of those happening between the year
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2006 and 2021. And most of these disappearances involve men age 15 to
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40, but there was a notable
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increase in the disappearance of boys and girls from
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the age of 12, as
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well as adolescents and women. Among
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the missing are numerous human rights defenders
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who were fighting against the current issues
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in Mexico and helping search for missing
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women. There are over 30 missing journalists,
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and none of those have been
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located. CBS reported that
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Angelica Orozco, leader of United Forces
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for our disappeared in Nueva Leon,
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said the problem is that the police
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not only fail to investigate properly, they
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also blame the victims. There aren't any
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diligent investigations. At
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47 a.m., a car stopped on the side of
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the highway in front of the motel and a
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man got inside. Investigators
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did follow up on this and they later
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determined that the car was not related to
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Debani's disappearance. The man who
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had gotten into that car was part of a
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couple that was just leaving the motel using a
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ride-sharing app. The police ended up finding that this
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couple, as well as Juan, were
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not suspects. So they found them both
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and, I guess, had a conversation with
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them, determined that they were not suspicious.
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On April 19, Debani's condo was
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searched but nothing of note was found. That
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same day, the governor announced he would
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increase funding and resources to help combat
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gender violence and they said they were
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going to be working very hard to address the causes
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of the problems at hand. He vowed
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to punish all those who hurt the women of
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Nuevo Leon. By April 20, there
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had been over 40 videos recovered but
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only 15 to 20 of those had
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been reviewed, which was a big point
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of frustration for Debani's family. Mario
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told the media that the more time authorities
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allowed to pass, the more difficult it was
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for the family knowing that Debani may not
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be safe. On the night
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of April 21, employees at
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the Nueva Castilla Hotel noticed a
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strong, horrible smell coming from the
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area of those abandoned water cisterns,
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which, as I said before, were in this
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pool and restaurant area. When
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officers arrived to investigate the source of
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the smell, they ended up making the
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tragic discovery that everybody had been fearing.
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The severely decomposed remains of Debani's body
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were found along with her shoes. In
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another cistern, they found her handbag, face
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mask, and bra, and in the third
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cistern, they found her cell phone and
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keys. Because there was
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still water inside the 12-foot deep cistern,
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it took several hours to recover Debani's
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body. Her parents were
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called to the scene to make an identification, which
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could only be done by the crucifix she was
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still wearing. Mario
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was distraught and angry when his daughter was
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found So
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the president at the time said things
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like this happen everywhere and it shouldn't
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concern Mexican citizens DiBani's
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parents Mario and Dolores called the theory
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a lie and publicly accused Juan of
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being responsible for their daughter's death By
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putting her in a position of danger They
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demanded justice for DiBani and Mario spoke about
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how upset he was because he believed in
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the prosecutor's office and felt angry Because he
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felt he made a mistake in trusting the
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authorities because very early on he was like
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I trust them They're gonna do the right
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thing and now he realizes he could have
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been wrong on that and that's got to
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be heartbreaking Yeah all the way around so
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Mario further said that they never allowed him
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to read the investigation files And
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he questioned how his daughter's body
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went undiscovered during four previous searches
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Mario said quote we are destroyed inside
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our hearts are broken We are sick
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and tired of everything that's happening in
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Mexico end quote After
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the discovery of DiBani's body authorities took
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over control of the hotel on April
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22nd Women took to the
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streets of Nuevo Leon to march in demand of
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justice for DiBani At
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7 30 that evening Prosecutors announced that
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no line of investigation had been ruled out
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and they would put all possible resources into
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finding out what happened in The moments leading
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up to DiBani's death They
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promised that if a crime were committed they
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would prosecute under the full force of the
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law Protests continued
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with people even setting fire to the
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door of the governor's palace DiBani
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was laid to rest on April 23rd
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in the city of Galena, which
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was DiBani's mother's hometown Her
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family decided to have her buried so quickly
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because her body was already in such bad
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shape Mario
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wasn't allowed to look at the investigation files until after
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DiBani was buried But once he
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read all the documents, he said it was clear
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just how badly the case had been handled Mario
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fully believed his daughter was kidnapped and murdered by
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bad people On April 23rd,
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