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5001 actions taken. 1032 friends told. 1 big meeting.

After constant refusal by President Fox, Amnesty Mexico and Jaguares were able to secure a meeting with Fox's Special Prosecutor Guadelupe Morfin to deliver their thousands of petitions.

And in the US, Congress passed resolutions calling on the US and Mexico to work together to end violence against women in Chihuahua.

We've been overwhelmed by your support - in English, French, Spanish and German - in putting the spotlight on Ciudad Juarez. So thank you all for making an impact.

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Justice not excuses

Every two seconds somewhere in the world, a woman is subjected to violence

At least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime.

In Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua Mexico, over 400 women and girls have been killed or disappeared in the past thirteen years.

An alarming number of these cases remain unsolved

Federal authorities acknowledge that 177 state officials had acted negligently. Not one of them has been brought to justice

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