MURDERED: Debanhi Escobar

An eerie photo of a young woman standing alone on the edge of a dark deserted highway has come to symbolize this growing crisis in Mexico- the disappearance and murder of women. It sparked a fire among women and activists in a country where women’s disappearances and murders are often downplayed or ignored altogether. This woman had a bright future ahead of her and yet like thousands of others, her life was cut short. But because of this photo, her case is providing hope and solace to a nation of women living in fear. Her name is Debanhi Escobar. This is her story. RESOURCES: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/2-former-motel-employees-charged-with-obstruction-in-debanhi-escobar-case/ https://www.theskimm.com/news/who-is-debanhi-escobar-and-why-is-her-case-sparking-outrage https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094471684/mexico-debanhi-escobar-dead-disappearance https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-law-student-body-motel-water-tank-suffocated-mexico-third-autopsy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Debanhi_Escobar https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxwkm/mexico-nuevo-leon-missing-women https://apnews.com/article/mexico-caribbean-gender-6594c9b2c9ea39a52dc3204e16be704c https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html https://americasquarterly.org/article/why-gender-violence-in-mexico-persists-and-how-to-stop-it/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico-murder-b2065133.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_University_of_Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-death-surveillance-video-unsolved-case-spectacle-mexico/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7p7v/third-debanhi-escobar-autopsy-report https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v7vw/mexico-debanhi-escobar-found-dead-presidents-comments https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-11-29/failures-by-mexican-law-enforcement-aggravate-rise-in-killings-of-women https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgdjpk/a-shame-campaign-is-trying-to-blame-debanhi-escobar-for-her-own-death https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debanhi-escobar-killing-mexico-protest/ https://www.laprensalatina.com/mexicans-protest-death-of-debanhi-escobar-missing-women/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/world/americas/debanhi-escobar-mexico.html https://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2018/all-races-origins/index.htm#age-group Music Used: Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Our Links: Website: https://themurderdiariespodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themurderdiariespod/ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdgBwpV1/ Edited by: https://www.landispodcastediting.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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