Former nun helps Mexico 'femicide' victims recover.(WORLD) From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: June 5, 2008| Author: Llana, Sara Miller | COPYRIGHT 2008 The Christian Science Publishing Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Anapra, Mexico -- Life in Anapra has never been easy.

Many of the hundreds of local women murdered in the past 15 years hail from this border town, one of the most violent and marginalized communities in Mexico. And while international attention on the "femicides" abates, the psychology of fear, the cycle of poverty, and a stubborn macho culture are now stirred by a wave of drug-trafficki...