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Four femicides recorded in Oaxaca in November
Two women were killed in separate attacks in Oaxaca within less than 24 hours.
Martha R.R. was shot in a car in Santa María Atzompa, near the state capital, and three other people in the vehicle were unharmed.
Josefina S.M. was shot at her family’s home in La Guadalupe Yosocani, in the coastal municipality of San Lorenzo.
State authorities are investigating both deaths as femicides, a term used for killings of women linked to gender-based violence.
The two deaths bring Oaxaca’s November total to four, including the killings of a university student and another woman earlier this month.
In Josefina’s case, investigators have identified a suspected killer and are working to arrest him; the report gives no cause for either attack.
A women’s group says 345 femicides have been recorded since 2022 under Governor Salomón Jara, while authorities continue their investigations.
Oaxaca recorded four femicides in November, including two killings within less than 24 hours, according to Infobae.
Martha R.R. was killed in a shooting in Santa María Atzompa on the morning of November 13.
Josefina S.M. was shot at a family home in La Guadalupe Yosocani, in the municipality of San Lorenzo.
The state prosecutor’s office is investigating both deaths as femicides, and said a suspected perpetrator in Josefina’s case had been identified.
The other two victims named in the report were Zaira Marbeli H. G. and Susana Areli A. M.
- Who
- Four women killed in Oaxaca in November, including Martha R.R. and Josefina S.M.
- What
- Four femicides were recorded in the state during November.
- When
- The article was published November 14, 2026. Martha was killed on November 13; Josefina’s killing was reported as occurring beforehand.
- Where
- Oaxaca, Mexico. The two latest killings were in Santa María Atzompa and La Guadalupe Yosocani.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Josefina S.M. was shot at her family’s home in La Guadalupe Yosocani.
Martha R.R. was killed in a shooting in Santa María Atzompa, while three other people were unharmed.
The two killings brought the number of femicides recorded in Oaxaca that month to four.
- November femicides
- 4
- Martha R.R.
- Killed in Santa María Atzompa on November 13
- Josefina S.M.
- Killed in La Guadalupe Yosocani
- Other victims named
- Zaira Marbeli H. G. and Susana Areli A. M.
- Other people in Martha’s car
- 3 unharmed
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