Terror through rape: Sexual violence inflicted
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Terror through rape: Sexual violence inflicted in the context of the Mexican drug war
Terror through rape: Sexual violence inflicted in the context of the Mexican drug war

Author(s): Greta E. Angel Hernández
Subject(s): Criminology, Victimology, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi
Keywords: sexual violence; war crimes; conflict; feminism;

Summary/Abstract: This essay examines the violent conflict between the Mexican government and cartelsoperating inside Mexico, which is still not legally recognized as a war. The result is the in-ability to punish soldiers-aggressors who commit rape as an official crime against humanity.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 61-72
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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