• Poetry & Literature

    Author Stella Pope Duarte

    City of Glendale Library and Arts Department

    October 9, 2008

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    For more than a decade young women have disappeared and been murdered in and around Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Of the more than 400 females found, hundreds have shown signs of torture and sexual abuse. Many of the youngest victims were on their way to or from school. Others had been walking back and forth from their jobs at the local maquiladoras. After meticulously researching 'the crime of the century,' according to The Reforma, Mexico's leading newspaper, Stella Pope Duarte wrote If I Die in Juarez. She will here to discuss the heinous crimes that have never been solved by the Mexican police. 'I took several trips to Ciudad Juárez,' says Duarte, 'and visited actual sites in the city where women's bodies have been uncovered. I walked the streets of the red-light districts of the city, toured 'las colonias' where the poor reside, and interviewed mothers whose daughters have been murdered.' The author also met with activists, investigators, and those who work with women's organizations in Juárez and El Paso. She interviewed a young woman who worked in a maquiladora, to obtain more in-depth information. Additional information was gained through Amnesty International, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet, which included hundreds of reports documenting the Juárez murders. Speculation has been rife about who could be doing these crimes - cartels/mafioso groups, narco-traffickers, opportunists, serial murderers, gang members, Satanic cults, porno industry and the making of 'snuff videos,' and jealous husbands and/or boyfriends. In every case, police investigation was poorly managed with no follow up.

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      October 9, 2008

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      Thursday 7:00pm

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      Glendale Main Library

      5959 West Brown Street Glendale, AZ 85302

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