Activists take Mexico femicide protest to Tijuana border crossing

Police in riot gear were deployed to Mexico's Tijuana border crossing to San Diego on Friday after activists gathered at the site to protest a wave of femicides that have rocked the nation. An average of ten women a day is killed in Mexico, and 2019 marked a new overall homicide record. Victims of femicide increased 10% in 2019 to over 1,000. Protests calling for more to be done to end gender-based violence have galvanized with the recent murder of seven-year-old girl. On March 9, a woman's strike has been called under the slogan "A Day Without Women". It is the first strike of its kind in Mexico's history.