‘It’s a Mexican problem’: Amlo accused of tone-deaf response to femicide crisis

By David Agren in Mexico City

Mexican president offered vague plans for ‘moral regeneration’ after string of gruesome killings of women and girls

Mexico’s president has cast himself as the victim of feminist activists, amid an outburst of fury at the alarming violence targeting the country’s women and girls – and the seeming impunity that accompanies each crime.

A string of especially gruesome killings of women and girls has prompted widespread protests, especially in the capital. In one incident last week, masked women splashed blood-red paint on the doors of the national palace and sprayed the walls with graffiti.

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