Overview
- The Mumalá observatory tallies 211 femicides and transfemicides from January 1 to October 30, about one every 34 hours, along with 855 attempted killings.
- Ahora Que Sí Nos Ven reports 208 femicides and travesticides in the same span, with 315 attempts and a rate of one victim every 36 hours in October.
- Mumalá describes increasing cruelty, more concealment and instances of torture, and links the rise in gun use to the presidential decree that eliminated the national firearms control agency.
- Both groups underscore very low prior reporting by victims — 14% to 17% — and limited protections, with only 28% of those who had reported having a panic button.
- The findings contradict public remarks by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich that femicides fell, as the organizations call for a declared Emergency in Gender Violence.