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November 10, 2020

Police Fire Guns at Cancún Protests After String of Femicides
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In Cancún, Mexico, at least two local reporters were wounded after
police opened fire against a crowd of people protesting femicides and
violence against women. Protests erupted across the state of Quintana
Roo Monday after the body of 20-year-old Bianca Alejandrina Lorenzana,
known as Alexis, was found earlier in the day. She had been missing all
weekend, after leaving her home to work. At least a dozen other
femicides have been reported in the state of Quintana Roo this year. On
average, 10 women are murdered in Mexico every day, according to Mexican
officials.


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