On 27 March 2021, the police killed Victoria Salazar in Tulum, Mexico, in a very brutal and very public way. The case is reminiscent of that of George Floyd, writes Tallulah Lines, ReGHID's research assistand, in a new blog up on our website (1/5)

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Victoria was a #refugee from El Salvador who fled her home because violence there made her fear for her life. El Salvador has occupied the top or close to top spots for femicide in the world in recent years; it also consistenly ranks highly for gang violence and murder. (2/5)

Central American women on the move through Mexico are consistently ‘exposed to rape, kidnapping, extortion, assault, and psychological trauma’ and this has got worse during the pandemic. Police violence against migrants is also common. (3/5)

The violence Victoria experienced during her life and death shouldnt be invisibilised or normalised. But how do we strike the balance between recognising this violence, and remembering Victoria in a dignified way?

Feminist activists in Tulum used arts and visual methods (4/5)

Visual arts are a powerful, important and sometimes controversial method of protest. Feminists used graffiti to paint a mural of Victoria. The mural is bright, vibrant and warm and uses an image which showed Victoria in a way she would hopefully like to be remembered. (5/5)