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Witness History: Mexico's murdered women

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Women Murdered in Mexico

27/08/2019 GMT

Mexico's murdered women

BBC World Service - Witness History, Mexico's murdered women

How young women began disappearing in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez in 1993

We look behind the kidnapping and disappearance of young women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez that began in 1993.

In 1993 young women began disappearing in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez. Since then hundreds are reported to have been kidnapped and killed. Mike Lanchin has spoken to a forensic scientist who used to work in the city; and to the mother of one of the murdered girls. This programme was first broadcast in 2013.

Photo: Jorge Uzon. AFP/Getty Images

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