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Mexico Art Project

Tens of thousands of people are killed, raped or murdered every year in Mexico.

A growing number of communities are trying to make the public realize that the victims are people and not just statistics.
In Ecatapec, Mexico,  several community projects have been memorialising those killed in the violence, bringing awareness the sense of insecurity that has become a part of daily life for so many.
This is their response

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