In the early nineties, the chilling phenomenon of the murders of Juárez came to public attention: young women who were abducted during their journeys from home to school or work and vice versa, who were sexually assaulted, and whose remains later appeared discarded in the desert with complete impunity. Almost 30 years after the grim discovery of the first mass grave in Lote Bravo, the crimes not only continue to occur but have spread throughout the entire country, across the entire continent.

The podcast Olvidadas: las muertas de Juárez represents the essential return to the origin: who and why unleashed the violence in Juárez in the mid-nineties? Why so much impunity? What responsibility does the United States have in all of this? Is it a serial killer, a satanic cult, or an organized group? What role have Mexican and American authorities played in the investigations? Why are these murders still unresolved? Above all: why is understanding what happened in Juárez crucial to raising awareness and putting a definitive end to violence against women? To answer these questions, this podcast brings together statements from journalists, police authorities from both sides of the border, and family members of the victims.

For its investigative and educational work, the jury of the Ibero-American Podcast Station Festival unanimously awarded Olvidadas: las muertas de Juárez the prize for the best podcast of the year in Latin America. The Spanish version consists of an introductory episode + ten episodes with an approximate duration of 45 minutes + two bonus tracks where each of the hosts addresses the topic from their own perspective and offers an intimate and necessary look at a time when femicides in Latin America represent one of the most disturbing and urgent problems in the region.

It is the Spanish adaptation of the podcast Forgotten: Women of Juárez, one of the most intimate and impactful true crime podcasts of 2020, reported and investigated in its original version by Mónica Ortiz Uribe and Oz Woloshyn, to whose investigations Sandra Romandía and Rossana Fuentes Berain, respectively, give voice in Spanish.

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