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Families of Murdered Women Speak Out

By Marco Grajeda

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/krwg/local-krwg-506053.mp3

Las Cruces, NM – Hundreds of women are dead or missing right across the American border, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Over the past thirteen years families and communities have struggled to get answers from the government. Family member, artists, activists and officials came together demanding justice for women at the J. Paul Taylor Symposium at NMSU. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, five relatives commenced the event with stories of their loss and struggle.