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Mexico's murdered women

Mexico's murdered women

How young women began disappearing in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez in 1993

Witness History · BBC World Service

August 27, 201910m 7s

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Show Notes

In 1993 young women began disappearing in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez. Since then hundreds are reported to have been kidnapped and killed. Mike Lanchin has spoken to a forensic scientist who used to work in the city; and to the mother of one of the murdered girls. This programme was first broadcast in 2013.

Photo: Jorge Uzon. AFP/Getty Images