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It is 2004 and nothing has been resolved, young women continue to disappear and to date there are hundreds who have been recorded as murdered.

You can help by writing letters, and/or contacting organizations that are working to bring the issues to justice.

We suggest the following actions:

PROTEST THE KILLINGS OF WOMEN IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA (MEXICO)

  1. Write a letter to Human Rights organizations, president Vicente Fox and president George W. Bush. For address info and sample letter, click here.

  2. Support grass-roots organizations that are working towards resolving these murders. See links below.

Non-Government Groups (NGOs): For further informationon what's happening and also to send donations
Amnesty International USA 299 Overland Ave., Suite 111
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: (312) 715-0450
Fax: (310) 815-0457

Casa Amiga Crisis Center / Ester Chavez Cano / 8 de Marco Address: Peru Norte, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
echavez0@infosel.net.mx

Mujeres de Negro c/o Groupo Femenista Ocho de Marzo,
Calle 13a No. 1608
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
U.S. groups that work with families of victims:
New Mexico Friends of Juarez Group
Professor Cinthia Bejarano & Greg Bloom
cbejaran@nmsu.edu - or - gregorybbloom@yahoo.com
El Paso Border Coaltion
Victor Muñoz & Professor Irasema Coronado
icoronado@utep.edu
Viejasandalosas (in Los Angeles, Calif.)
Founders: Lorena Mendez & Azul Luna at
lapusygata@yahoo.com and lorenamendez@fox11la.com
Nuestras Hijas http://www.geocities.com/pornuestrashijas/
Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, A.C.,
Calle 5 de Mayo #859, Col. P. Romero,
Ciu. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mex.
FAX: (656) 612 4002, tel: (52) (656) 625 9949, Cell: (52) (656) 638 5640
nuestrashijas@hotmail.com, marixxela@hotmail.com
Coalition Against Violence, Kathy Staudt, Victor Muñoz - kstaudt@utep.edu
Federación de Latinoamerica de Asociaciones de Familias de Detenidos Desaparecidos. (Latin American Federation of Families of the Disappeared).
Caracas, Venezuela.
Contact: Judith Galarza
Attention: Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
fedefamorg@cantv.net Tel: 011-58-212-5640503
The telephone tip line for the murders was announced formally on 4/2/03, at a news conference in El Paso. It is a toll-free number, and all calls will come into the El Paso police department. Tips will be analyzed by El Paso police and FBI before they are forwarded to the Chihuahua state authorities.

The toll-free number is (800) 237-0797 if calling from the U.S.
An email address is also provided for this purpose:
www.tips@ciel-paso.tx.us

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