The Murder of a Congresswoman’s Daughter Convulses Mexico

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On November 8, 2018, Valeria Cruz Medel, 22, was killed as she worked out in a gym. The news of her killing was relayed by phone to her mother, Carmen Medel, on the floor of the Mexican Cámara de Diputados during a legislative session. Medel, a deputy for Veracruz from the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional party, or Morena, of incoming President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, broke down in an emotional reaction that jarred the nation. Journalists and pundits placed the killing in the context of rampant political murder and femicide in Mexico.

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