In Mexican capital, red shoes to protest killings of women
Source: AP
By PETER ORSI
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Stiletto heels. Clogs. Trainers. Tiny, child-size Crocs.
Activists placed hundreds of painted-red women’s shoes on Mexico City’s sun-drenched main square Saturday to call attention to gender-based violence in a country where, on average, 10 women and girls are murdered each day and less than 10 percent of the cases are ever solved.
As residents and tourists milled about the plaza, or Zocalo — the historical, political, cultural and religious heart of the country — demonstrators marched to the massive front door of the colonial-era National Palace and placed five pairs on the paving stones as a uniformed guard looked on.
“Not one more killed!” they cried to the beat of a drum.
A portrait of Eugenia Machuca Campos sits amid women's red shoes placed by activists to protest violence against women in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main plaza, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. According to her sister, Campos' ex-boyfriend is serving time in jail for her Oct. 2017 murder in the State of Mexico. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
Read more: https://apnews.com/bbd6e02268849ee6d34cdd110865c041
= new reply since forum marked as read
