Tourists’ Murders Spark Debate on Women’s Harassment

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María José Coni, 22, and Marina Menegazzo, 21, dreamt of leaving their hometown of Mendoza to backpack through South America. But that dream was cut short in the resort town of Montañita, Ecuador, where they were killed. Their deaths have caused a stir in their own country of Argentina and throughout Latin America on the harassment of women and whether they should travel “alone.”