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Ecatepec Launches 'Cruzada Violeta 360' to Combat Family Violence
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Ecatepec Launches 'Cruzada Violeta 360' to Combat Family Violence

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ecatepec launched the "Cruzada Violeta 360" campaign to combat family violence, with the mayor urging women to report abuse.
  • In May, family violence accounted for 74.2% of emergency calls in Ecatepec, with 532 reported incidents.
  • The initiative involves home visits, public information dissemination, and activating community networks, including a Violet Network app with an emergency button.

Ecatepec has launched "Cruzada Violeta 360," a comprehensive campaign to confront family violence, with Mayor Azucena Cisneros directly addressing women in the municipality. "I want to speak directly to the women of Ecatepec: let fear not paralyze us. Reporting is an act of bravery, dignity, and self-love," she stated.

The initiative comes in response to alarming statistics: in May alone, Ecatepec recorded 532 calls related to family violence, constituting 74.2% of all emergency reports in the locality. Cisneros emphasized that family violence is not a private matter but a crime, often starting with normalized behaviors like phone checking, controlling finances, isolation, humiliation, and threats, which can escalate to physical assault and, in extreme cases, feminicide.

The "Cruzada Violeta 360" strategy is designed to bring prevention, guidance, and support directly to communities. It will unfold in three phases: initial home visits to inform and orient families, widespread information distribution in commercial areas, markets, schools, and public spaces, and the activation of community networks. These networks include neighborhood committees, alarm systems, quadrant police, and the "Red Violeta" application, which features an emergency button.

Claudia Castello Rebollar, director of the Municipal Institute for Women and Gender Equality, aims to extend the program throughout the municipality. A significant challenge identified is the collaboration with the State Attorney General's Office, as the current Center for Justice for Women in Ecatepec serves 10 municipalities, proving insufficient. Municipal authorities have called on the State Prosecutor's Office to join the crusade, anticipating an increase in domestic violence reports, and have proposed the construction of an additional Center for Justice.

Quiero hablarles directamente a las mujeres de Ecatepec: que el miedo no nos paralice. Denunciar es un acto de valentía, de dignidad y de amor propio

— Azucena CisnerosAddressing women in Ecatepec during the launch of the campaign.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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