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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (NTN24) -- The faces of Mexico's dead and disappeared are pasted all over the country, like here in Ciudad Juarez. All are missing, many are murdered, few are ever found. Now, activists lobbying for justice on their behalf face death themselves. Norma Andrade has long fought for justice in Ciudad Juarez in her murdered daughter's case. In early December, the activist was shot five times outside her home. She survived. She and her other daughter Malu were under armed guard in a safehouse when Malu gave this interview. She says the threats started coming after she and her mother began denouncing a people-trafficking ring she believes is operating in Juarez. The public prosecutor initially called the attack a botched robbery, but is now exploring the possibility that it was an assassination attempt. Outside the offices, pink crosses outside are a stark reminder of the hundreds of cases of missing or murdered women in Juarez in the last years alone. But across Mexico human rights activists are being assassinated -- three have been murdered in as many weeks. Nepomuceno Moreno, a member of a prominent peace movement here, was shot to death in Sonora last month. By official count, activists in Mexico have reported nearly 500 threats and aggressions since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon launched his war against drug cartels and organized crime. Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson, the human rights official for Chihuahua, the state that includes Ciudad Juarez ...

  1. astrofrk
    Oh, but this couldn't have really happened. Why? Because guns are not allowed in Mexico and we all KNOW anti-gun laws keep criminals from getting guns, RIGHT? Mexico could arm thier citizens and call in the military if necessary to shoot on sight anyon
    January 19, 2012