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The Site of a Femicide (Extra Scene from ‘The Murdered Women of the State of Mexico’)

A photojournalist in the State of Mexico takes VICE News to the location where a women was violently murdered, one of the many femicides that have occurred in the region.

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A wave of homicides targeting female victims — labeled as femicides — has been sweeping the State of Mexico, the sprawling suburb that engulfs Mexico City. While government officials have not provided exact figures, the National Citizen Femicide Observatory estimates six women are murdered a day, and a United Nations body has described the situation as a pandemic.

VICE News investigates the murder of women in the region, and meets relatives of the victims who continue to fight for justice, from authorities who seem incapable or unwilling to help.

In this extra scene VICE News meets with a photojournalist covering the police and crime beat in the State of Mexico, and visits the site of a femicide, where a women was murdered by her ex-husband.

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