The rate of 911 calls reporting violence against women in Sonora is almost triple the national average in Mexico.
Data published by Mexico’s government for the first six months of this year shows Sonora follows only neighboring Chihuahua and Mexico City for its rate of emergency calls related to incidents of violence against women.
Sonora, the Mexican state directly south of Arizona, came first out of Mexico’s states for its rate of 911 calls related to incidents of sexual abuse, at more than four times the national average.
For its rate of femicides — gender-based killings of women or girls — Sonora was ranked fourth out of Mexico’s states.
Across the country, protesters have for years demanded more from Mexican authorities and the government to protect women.
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On Monday, dozens of agents swarmed a stretch of private land where the activists had been camped in and around a centuries-old cottonwood tree. Contractors tore down the tree and agents made multiple arrests. -
Dr. Jesús Maximiano Verduzco Soto turned himself in to authorities in Hermosillo after evading arrest for months. -
Nearly 30 people have died from heat stroke in the Mexican state south of Arizona this year. -
In Sonora, mothers comb through the desert to try to find the remains of their missing children, even as Mexican officials say the number of homicides across the country is in decline. -
Some communities remained difficult to access after flooding from Tropical Storm Polo.
