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Keyword: femicidio

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  • "Femicidio" in Guatemala (women being mudered)

    08/15/2005 5:50:51 PM PDT · by BlackJack · 20 replies · 929+ views
    In Guatemala, a small country not long emerged from three decades of civil war, women and girls are being murdered faster than anyone in authority can cope. Deborah Tomas Vineda, aged 16, was kidnapped, raped, and cut to pieces with a chainsaw, allegedly because she refused to become the girlfriend of a local gang member. Her sister Olga, just 11 years old, died alongside her. The raped and mutilated body of Andrea Contreras Bacaro, 17, was found wrapped in a plastic bag and thrown into a ditch, her throat cut, her face and hands slashed, with a gunshot wound to...
  • Guatemala's epidemic of killing

    06/10/2005 9:55:01 AM PDT · by kiriath_jearim · 18 replies · 564+ views
    BBC ^ | 6/9/05 | Adam Blenford
    Thursday, 9 June, 2005, 23:59 GMT 00:59 UK Guatemala's epidemic of killing By Adam Blenford BBC News In Guatemala, a small country not long emerged from three decades of civil war, women and girls are being murdered faster than anyone in authority can cope. Deborah Tomas Vineda, aged 16, was kidnapped, raped, and cut to pieces with a chainsaw, allegedly because she refused to become the girlfriend of a local gang member. Her sister Olga, just 11 years old, died alongside her. The raped and mutilated body of Andrea Contreras Bacaro, 17, was found wrapped in a plastic bag and...