Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico: Special Police Unit Targets Crimes Against Women

Femicides, domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual crimes are investigated by the Policewomen’s Criminal Investigation Model Unit of the state of Morelos, a 26-member squad launched in November.

“The main goal is to investigate and pursue crimes against women and in this way, improve their quality of life,” Morelos State Attorney General Rodrigo Dorantes Salgado said.

Of Morelos’ 1,897,393 residents, 951,477 are women, of who 147,923 have suffered emotional violence, 84,941 economic violence, 31,938 physical violence and 15,572 sexual violence, according to the 2013 National Survey on the Dynamics of Domestic . . .

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