Protesters smash into Mexico City's Attorney General building after teen allegedly raped by police

Record ID: 1426996

  • Title: Protesters smash into Mexico City's Attorney General building after teen allegedly raped by police
  • Date: 13th August 2019
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (AUGUST 12, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS OUTSIDE MEXICO CITY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL BUILDING AND CHANTING (Spanish) "WE WANT THEM ALIVE" PROTESTER PLAYING DRUM PROTESTER WITH SCARF COVERING FACE CHANTING PLACARD THAT READS (Spanish) "POLICE PIN DOWN AND RAPE A MINOR" PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE BUILDING GRAFFITI ON BUILDING AGAINST POLICE SUSPECTS IN CASE PROTESTERS AT ENTRANCE TO BUILDING PROTESTER POSING NEXT TO BROKEN GLASS THAT WAS SMASHED DURING PROTEST (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PROTESTER, CAROLINA HERNANDEZ, SAYING: "It can't be possible that those who we rely on to provide us with security are the very same who commit such atrocities of rape. If they (police) themselves commit (crimes) then we have to explore a way for justice to be done." SHARDS OF GLASS ON THE FLOOR NEAR PROTESTERS GRAFFITI ON WALL AGAINST POLICE WOMAN CHANTING ON MEGAPHONE PROTESTERS GATHERED AND CHANTING
  • Embargoed: 27th August 2019 03:04
  • Keywords: protest Mexico alleged rape police teens
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AS1WMRR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Hundreds of angry protesters amassed outside Mexico City's Attorney General building on Monday (August 12) to demand justice after reports that a teen girl was allegedly raped by four police officers.
    As anger spilled over, protesters reportedly smashed the glass doors of the building. Protesters chanted "justice" and for the police officers allegedly implicated in the case to be brought forward.
    According to officials, suspected police officers have been taken into custody as investigations develop.
    Violence against women is a persistent problem in Mexico, a conservative Catholic country where machismo reigns and traditional concepts of gender are deeply entrenched.
    More than 1,100 women were murdered in Mexico from January through May, according to government figures, with nearly 370 killed by men because of their gender. Mexico City alone has seen 81 murders of women and 13 femicides so far this year, government data showed.
    (Production: Roberto Ramirez, Rodolfo Pena Roja)
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