From Hope to Abandonment: the Refuge that Saved the Lives of Women No Longer Exists in Veracruz

What was a bunker of hope for women victims of trafficking and violence in Orizaba, Veracruz, today is hardly a painful memory. The shelter of the Cihuatlahtoli A.C. Feminist Collective, which once served to protect dozens of women, who escaped from a network of exploitation in Puebla, closed its doors after the elimination of the federal budget that supported it. “I took advantage of and escaped” A victim of trafficking, recounts in tears how s…