More than 300 young girls and women have been killed
in Ciudad Juarez since 1993 on the other side of the US border, across
from El Paso, Texas. Late November, over 1,000 women dressed in black
and holding candles marched through Mexico City to demand that those responsible
for killing hundreds of women in the border town of Ciudad Juarez be brought
to justice. Despite several federal and state investigations, the authorities
have been unable to identify the killers or establish a motive behind
the murders. Several people have been arrested or detained, but still
the killings continue. Various motives have been offered: satanic black
magic rituals, drug related and sex slavery.