A double femicide and a lynching force Mexico to confront its cycle of violence

27 October 2026 at 15:05

In photographs, she is seen smiling or hugging her grandmother, celebrating her ninth birthday and eating an ice cream. Ariana Velázquez’s dream was to work in the countryside, but she disappeared a week ago and was found dead only a few days later, along with Miriam Cruz, 55, the woman who appears beside her in almost all the pictures.