Note from the Publisher: This piece belongs to the Merion West Legacy series, referring to articles and poems published between 2016 up to Spring 2025.

When Gender Violence Outpaces the Coronavirus in Mexico

When Gender Violence Outpaces the Coronavirus in Mexico
(REUTERS/Carlos Jasso)

“What similarities we have are dwarfed, however, by an immense difference. At the beginning of April, Ana Paola—at the age of 13—was raped and killed in her home in Nogales, while I write this safely from between the covers.”

Timeless reading in a fleeting world.

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