Unsolved Murders in Mexico – Christ Chavez Photography

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Two young women walk by a busy bus stop on the corner of Mariscal and Ugarte in downtown Cd. Juárez where many maquila workers commute to and from work. A majority of missing and murdered women are maquila workers who are last seen by their coworkers on their way home September 4, 2006. Photo by Christ Chavez

A cross stands in a cotton field in central Ciudad Juarez, Where the decomposing bodies of two women and the skeletal remains of six more were found. The lettering on the farm house in the background says, “A rural area were you can enjoy the tranquility of the outdoors in the heart of Cd. Juarez. “ September 21, 2005 Photo by Christ Chavez

Oscar Maynez Grijalva, a former state forensic chief looks down into a canal next to the cotton field where six of eight bodies were found. Maynez resigned from his position after he was asked to plant evidence to convict two bus drivers, Victor Uribe and Gustavo Meza, for the murders, now called “The Cotton Field Murders.” September 21, 2005

Hortensia Enriquez is reflected in a mirror in her daughter’s, Ericka Noemi bedroom. Enriquez has not removed any items from the room, since Noemi went missing on her way to get a haircut on December 11, 2000 in Chuhuahua City. In the mirror there is a list of goals that Noemi wrote. One of her goals was to work hard to pay off her tuition and read Plato. March 27, 2004 Photo by Christ Chavez

Alfredo Quijano, editor of El Norte, a newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, stands to the left of three bullet holes. The bullet holes were made after El Norte reported that there was false evidence in the case of Mario Anaya, Gustavo Meza’s lawyer. State police shot and killed Anaya stating that they had mistaken him for an alleged murderer. February 05, 2004 Photo by Christ Chavez

Maria Sagrario Gonzalez Flores, 17, worked at CapCom a maquiladora in Cd. Juarez. Sagrario went missing on April 16, 1998 and two weeks later on April 30, 1998 her battered body was found. Image photographed from Flyer by Christ Chavez February 2, 2002

Paula Flores Bonilla will never see her daughter alive. Maria Sagrario Gonzalez Flores went missing April 16, 1998 and two weeks later on April 30, 1998 her battered body was found. February 5, 2004 photo by Christ Chavez

Irma Monreal last saw her 15 year old daughter Esmeralda on October 28, 2001 before she went to work. Nine days later Irma learns on the news that the bodies of eight women are found in an abandoned cotton field. February 20, 2002 photo by Christ Chavez

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Laura Berenice Ramos Monarez went missing September 21, 2001 her body was found in Ciudad Juarez in a cotton field November 21, 2001. September 3, 2006 photo by Christ Chavez

Victor García Uribe, a bus driver from Ciudad Juárez, lost everything when he was accused and later convicted of murdering eight Cd. Juárez women and sentenced to 50 years in prison on October 13, 2004. The judge convicted Uribe even after Uribe claimed his confession was obtained through torture. The judge stated that allegations and evidence of torture were irrelevant to his decision. He was released July 14, 2005 due to an appeal. After being behind bars for four years, Uribe’s wife re-married; he had lost his home and his two buses. July 22, 2005 photo by Christ Chavez

David Meza in the Chihuahua, State prison was tortured into confessing his cousins murder in 2003 then had charges dropped three years later. Photo by Christ Chavez

Esther Chavez Cano is hugged by a patient at Casa Amiga in Cd. Juarez September 9, 2008. Photo by Christ Chavez

Human Rights Activist Esther Chavez Cano born June 2, 1933 died December 25, 2009 photo taken September 9, 2008. Photo by Christ Chavez

Casa de Cultura members, protest the murders of young women in front of the Guadalupe Mission in Cd. Juarez October 31, 2003. Photo by Christ Chavez

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