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How one woman is mapping femicides in Mexico

From her home and cafés in Mexico City, María Salguero is filling in the gaps left by official data on gender-related killings.

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Pink crosses mark the site where eight women's bodies were found in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Iose. CC BY-SA 3.0. Some rights reserved.

Whenever María Salguero, 40, has a moment to herself, she sifts through her Google Alerts and the local news in Mexico for reports of femicides.