Lucia Perez case: Latin America protests against gender violence

Tens of thousands of people across Latin America have taken part in protests against gender violence, following the horrific rape and murder of Lucia Perez, 16, in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata.

  • Thousands of people participate in a march called by the social platform "Ni Una Menos" (Not One Less) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19 October 2016. EPA

    The biggest protests were in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, with marchers chanting the slogan "Ni Una Menos" (Not One Woman Less).

  • Thousands of people participate in a march called by the social platform "Ni Una Menos" (Not One Less) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19 October 2016 EPA

    Demonstrators endured heavy rain to march from the iconic Obelisk in central Buenos Aires to the presidential palace at the Plaza de Mayo square.

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    Lucia Perez, 16, was drugged and raped before being killed in the city of Mar del Plata. Doctors found evidence she had been subjected to extreme sexual violence. Three men have been arrested in connection with the case.

  • Women protest against gender violence in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 AP

    Protesters in the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion. Many wore black in mourning for the death of Lucia, and for others subjected to acts of sexual violence.

  • Women protest against gender violence in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016 AP

    Campaigners say the concept of machismo, the Spanish word for an exaggerated form of masculinity, engenders attitudes that in their extreme form lead to men killing women.

  • Aymara women and activists shout slogans and hold signs that read in Spanish "not one less" during a march against gender violence in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016 AP

    Women from the Aymara indigenous people took to the streets of the Bolivian capital, La Paz, to support the campaign.

  • A group of women participate in a protest against gender violence in Santiago, Chile, 19 October 2016 EPA

    Some 25,000 people were said to have turned out in the Chilean capital, Santiago, and in other cities around the country.

  • Women participate in a protest against gender violence in Santiago, Chile, 19 October 2016 EPA

    The brutality of the Lucia Perez case has shocked protesters and prosecutors.

  • Women from feminist movements march during a protest against gender violence in Montevideo, Uruguay, 19 October 2016 EPA

    Women gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sixteen countries in Latin America have written laws on domestic violence, but critics say they are not being effectively implemented.

  • A woman takes part in a march on 19 October 2016 in Mexico City AFP

    There was also a demonstration at Mexico City's Angel of Independence monument. Many sported purple and black handprints on their bodies to protest against gender violence.

  • Activists take part in a march to protest violence against women and the murder of a 16-year-old girl in a coastal town of Argentina last week, at Revolucion monument, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 19, 2016 Reuters

    Activists took part in a march at the Revolucion monument, in Mexico City.

  • Activists take part in a demonstration to protest against violence against women in San Salvador, El Salvador on October 19, 2016 AFP

    A protest was held in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. Many there were also calling for the decriminalisation of abortion.

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