MURDERED: Debanhi Escobar

An eerie photo of a young woman standing alone on the edge of a dark deserted highway has come to symbolize this growing crisis in Mexico- the disappearance and murder of women.

It sparked a fire among women and activists in a country where women’s disappearances and murders are often downplayed or ignored altogether.

This woman had a bright future ahead of her and yet, like thousands of others, her life was cut short.

But because of this photo, her case is providing hope and solace to a nation of women living in fear.

Her name is Debanhi Escobar.

Photo of Debhani

Surveillance image

Debahni being chased outside of the party.

Last known photo of Debahni

Taken by the taxi driver the night she went missing.

Memorial

Debahni’s father

Debahni’s parents at her funeral

 
 

Resources

  • https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/2-former-motel-employees-charged-with-obstruction-in-debanhi-escobar-case/

  • https://www.theskimm.com/news/who-is-debanhi-escobar-and-why-is-her-case-sparking-outrage

  • https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094471684/mexico-debanhi-escobar-dead-disappearance

  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-law-student-body-motel-water-tank-suffocated-mexico-third-autopsy/

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Debanhi_Escobar

  • https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxwkm/mexico-nuevo-leon-missing-women

  • https://apnews.com/article/mexico-caribbean-gender-6594c9b2c9ea39a52dc3204e16be704c

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html

  • https://americasquarterly.org/article/why-gender-violence-in-mexico-persists-and-how-to-stop-it/

  • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico-murder-b2065133.html

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_University_of_Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n

  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-death-surveillance-video-unsolved-case-spectacle-mexico/

  • https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7p7v/third-debanhi-escobar-autopsy-report

  • https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v7vw/mexico-debanhi-escobar-found-dead-presidents-comments

  • https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-11-29/failures-by-mexican-law-enforcement-aggravate-rise-in-killings-of-women

  • https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdjpk/a-shame-campaign-is-trying-to-blame-debanhi-escobar-for-her-own-death

  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-killing-mexico-protest/

  • https://www.laprensalatina.com/mexicans-protest-death-of-debanhi-escobar-missing-women/

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html

  • https://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2018/all-races-origins/index.htm#age-group

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