Not only do the police not seem to care; the police might be part of this obscene pandemic of rape and murder.
As a result of the recent drug cartel war going on in Ciudad Juarez and subsequent media attention, discussion about the femicides that have rocked that city for more than a decade has been renewed. It is worth remembering that these homicides have never been solved, and that a number of obviously innocent people have been framed for them. But when you see numbers like this, you have to realize this is not just a serial killer on the loose but a cultural catastrophe and mindset.
It is a horrible, unsolved saga that deserves to be spotlighted every now and then. This is also the story of intentional incompetence by legal authorities. Admittedly, many people are unaware of it. But I think it is very important, shameful, and deserves to be discussed:
http://media.npr.org/documents/2009/mar/montes.pdfFrom Wiki:
Over the past 10 years Juárez has seen over 400 women fall victims to sexual homicides, their bodies often dumped in ditches or vacant lots. In addition, grassroots organizations in the region report that 40 remain missing. Despite pressure to catch the killers and a roundup of some suspects, few believe the true culprits have been found. A 2007 book called The Daughters of Juarez, by Teresa Rodriguez,<19> implicates high-level police and prominent Juárez citizens in the crimes. This topic is also discussed in the 2006 book "The Harvest of Women" by journalist Diana Washington Valdez,<20> as well as in the novel 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, in which Ciudad Juarez is veiled as Santa Teresa. The sheer number of murders overwhelmed the local authorities which led to the construction of a US$6-million, high-tech laboratory complex that is a legacy of those killings. After an outcry over what was widely viewed as a slipshod investigation, international donors chipped in to help the State of Chihuahua build an unusually well-equipped forensics operation. It boasts a ballistics lab, chemical and genetic testing, DNA analysis and a morgue capable of storing nearly 100 bodies. But the murder rate of 2008 even overwhelmed this top of the line facility and during the peak of the murder spree refrigerated containers have to make do with the record numbers of murder victims.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez#Female_sexual_homicidesCiudad Juarez:The Serial Killer's Playground
The boys ran home to tell their parents, who then alerted the municipal police. The officers were skeptical at first and responded slowly. But when detectives reached the scene off Mimbre Street at 2:00 p.m., any notion of a hoax evaporated. They saw the remains of three barely concealed women.
The police wasted little time carting the bodies from the scene. They had the third corpse in an ambulance and ready to depart by 2:30, when a neighborhood bystander called their attention to a fourth corpse, a little away from the others. Most local reporters had already left to file their stories, but Miguel Perea, a photographer for Norte newspaper, remained to document the discovery of the fourth corpse.
Searchers find bodies
These were not the first corpses found in the desert near the rundown suburb. Two other victims had been found a short distance away in October 2002; one of them later identified as 16-year-old Gloria Rivas. More recently, residents of nearby Lomas de Poleo had reported finding three more corpses in January 2003. But police and Attorney General Jesus Solis refused to confirm or deny the account.
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/ciudad_juarez/index.htmlhttp://www.mayhem.net/Crime/juarez.htmlStop Violence Against Women
Demand Justice for the Women and Girls of Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, México
Since 1993, almost 400 women and girls have been murdered and more than 70 remain missing in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. While Amnesty International commends the recent measures taken by the Mexican government, the response remains inadequate. Read more. »
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/justice-for-the-women-of-juarez-and-chihuahua/page.do?id=1108394A 'Femicide' is Taking Hundreds of Lives
in the Juarez City, Chihuahua State, Mexico and El Paso, Texas (U.S.) Border Region
About the Mass-Murder of Women and Girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
http://www.libertadlatina.org/Crisis_Lat_Mexico_Juarez_Femicide.htmFear Descends On Ciudad Juarez As Girls Go Missing
Drug warfare is a plague in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico — since January 2008, the death toll has reached an unprecedented 2,000 people.
But between daily executions, kidnappings and extortions, another horribly familiar terror has been rekindled in the city. Young women are disappearing in an alarmingly similar pattern, with at least 18 missing in the past 14 months.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101479041 
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