The following information is from Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez:

Recent events in Ciudad Juarez may help explain the latest threat to female activists working in the city. According to recent reports found on FronteraNorteSur.com, the Mexican government has implemented a military coalition known as “Operation Chihuahua Together”.

The following information is from Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez:

Several human rights and women’s rights activists in Ciudad Juarez work diligently to continue supporting and aiding the victims’ families in their quest to find justice for their daughters. Activists include Cipriana Jurado who works with women’s rights organizations and is also the director of the Worker Research and Solidarity Centre in Ciudad Juarez.

The following information is from Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez:

Casa Amiga, along with the Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres, have determined that at least two women have been reported missing this year already.

The following information is from Amigos de las Mujeres de Juarez:

This year Ciudad Juarez has been engulfed in violence. Army troops patrol the streets and over 450 men have been murdered so far this year in cartel violence. In the midst of this, Casa Amiga Centro de Crisis A.C. has recorded seventeen cases of femicide from January 1, 2008 until May 5, 2008.  The victims have ranged in age from ten to forty-eight years old. One of the victims was eight and a half months pregnant and the foetus was also lost in the crime. Four of the seventeen victims could not be identified.