Government issues gender violence alert for all of Baja California
6 femicides and nearly 5,000 cases of domestic violence were reported in first five months of 2021
Published on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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The federal government has issued a gender alert for Baja California due to high levels of violence against women in the northern border state.
Issued by the Interior Ministry via the National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women (Conavim), the alert applies to all six of the state’s municipalities: Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate, Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito and San Quintín.
There were six femicides – the killing of women and girls on account of their gender – in Baja California in the first five months of 2021 and almost 5,000 reported cases of domestic violence.