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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: A child and woman were raped and murdered this week in Ciudad Juarez, bringing to 17 the women killed so far this year in this city bordering the United States, and to more than 400 since 1993, authorities said Thursday.
Brazen attacks on women in Ciudad Juarez rival the ongoing drug gang warfare in the city that this year alone has led to more than 500 killings.
In the past 24 hours, the body of a 12 to 13 year old girl, "stripped from the waist down" and showing signs of rape, was found on a dirt road in a city suburb, local prosecutors said.
A 45-year-old woman also showing signs of having been sexually assaulted was found Wednesday dying from stab wounds in a store basement in a central part of the city, they added.
Police investigators said 17 women have been killed in similar circumstances this year in the city and its surrounds, and more than 400 in the past 15 years.
"Women murders are a sad reality and go unpunished," Maria Tabuenca and Julia Monarrez said in a book on the numerous homicides.
"There's no indication so far of any commitment from federal or state governments to solve these murders," they added.
- AFP/yb
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