Thread by @monaeltahawy

cw: femicide

“It enrages us how Ingrid was killed, and how the media put her body on display...It enrages us that the public judges us, saying ‘this isn’t the right way to express your rage,,’...We are not crazy, we are furious.”
#Mexico
time.com/5784801/mexico…

Last weekend, Ingrid Escamilla, a young Mexico City resident was murdered by a boyfriend, who has been arrested and purportedly confessed to killing her with a knife, mutilated her body and flushed part of her corpse into the sewer.
#Mexico #NiUnaMenos

On Friday, women protesting her murder spray-painted slogans such as “We won’t be silenced” on the facade and doorway of the capital’s National Palace as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was holding his daily news conference inside.
#Mexico #NiUnenos

Hundreds marched to the offices of a media outlet that published grisly images of the crime scene, and at least one newspaper truck outside was partially set ablaze.

Some local media published horrific photos of the skinned corpse, apparently leaked by city police officers.

Some protesters spray-painted the plastic shields of riot officers as the crowd chanted “Not one more murdered!” and “Justice!” #Mexico #NiUnaMenos

“About 10 women are slain each day across #Mexico just because they are women, the government and activists say. Last year there were 3,825 in all, which was up 7% from 2018, according to federal figures.”
#NiUnaMenos #NiUnaMás

Not only have attacks on women become more frequent in #Mexico, they have become more grisly. #NiUnaMasNiUNaMenos

In the past, women’s protests in #Mexico City had been criticized for spray-painting historical monuments and trashing city infrastructure, but the damage Friday was minor, and criticism almost non-existent.

#NiUnaMenos #NiUnaMás

Rage is exactly how to react.

Protesters’ statement: “It enrages us how Ingrid was killed, and how the media put her body on display...It enrages us that the public judges us, saying ‘this isn’t the right way to express your rage,,’...We are not crazy, we are furious.”