Mexican demonstrators splash presidential palace red in protest over murder of women
Rage-fueled mourning
The heated Valentine's Day demonstration, led by women, was sparked by the killing of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla in Mexico City and the publication of graphic photos of her mutilated corpse in newspapers.
Screaming bloody murder
Demonstrators graffitied the phrase "femicide state" and splashed blood-red paint on Mexico's presidential palace to protest the publication of gruesome images of a murder victim.
Nos estan matando
The protesters, numbering at least a couple hundred and comprised mostly of women, chanted "not one more murder" while carrying signs that read "we demand responsible journalism," "Ingrid we are all you" and "sexism kills," the demonstrators demanded justice.
Justice for Ingrid, justice for all
One protester spray-painted "INGRID" in tall pink letters on a door of the presidential palace. Many participants noted that Escamilla's was only the latest in a wave of brutal murders of women that have been dubbed "femicides."
Sparks fly
Others graffitied slogans including "they are killing us" on the building's walls and used cans of flammable spray-paint which ejected bright flames to vandalise the government property.
Official data indicates that an average of 10 women a day are killed in Mexico. Last year marked a new overall homicide record.
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