Breaking the silence in Mexico’s barracks

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“If an officer says, ‘Come into my bedroom,’ she must go in, otherwise she would be disobeying an order from her superior,” she told UN News. Her investigation into sexual violence inside the military has won her the 2026 Breach/Valdez Award for Journalism and Human Rights. It has also made her a target, in one of the most dangerous countries…

Breaking the silence in Mexico’s barracks

In Mexico’s armed forces, an order from a superior is meant to be obeyed without question. For many women in uniform, investigative journalist Zorayda Gallegos found, that can include an order to step into an officer’s bedroom.