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Women react with fury

By Luis Alonso Perez

On a dirt dessert road, near the border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, a bus driver on his morning ride found the body of a young women, about 24 years old, who apparently had been raped and murdered.

This happened a few weeks ago near Cristo Negro hill, the same place where six more women have been found dead throughout last year.

Television personality Ely Guerra with a t-shirt

Dead bodies of working class women have been turning up around Ciudad Juarez for more than ten years now. It’s believed that at least once a week a girl disappears and no one hears about her anymore.

This situation has outraged people all around the world, including Sandra Bello, a 24-year-old photographer from Tijuana, who turned that rage into action. She decided to embark on a documentary photography project called “Reacciona Mujer con Furia” (Women react with fury) that records people’s reactions towards the murders in Juarez.

This project consists in making pink t-shirts with a black cross in the middle, asking people to put them on and photographing them. She wants to capture the reactions of women from all ages, occupations and social classes, although some men that voluntarily joined the cause have been photographed too.

Besides from inviting people to put on the t-shirt, she also offers them a blank sign in case anyone wants to write a message and be photographed with it, in order to obtain a stronger reaction.

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Reacciona mujer con furia
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En un camino de terracería, cerca de la zona desértica que divide a Ciudad Juárez y a El Paso, Texas, un chofer que manejaba su autobús por la mañana, encontró el cuerpo sin vida de una joven de aproximadamente 24 años, al parecer había sido violada y asesinada.

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Commentary
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