Government gives mothers of slain women houses as compensation

Friday, September 17, 2004

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The government of a northern Mexico state has promised to give free homes to 47 mothers of women killed in a string of sexually motivated slayings, angering some activists who say the gifts gloss over the lack of results in the criminal investigations.

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