Isabel Cabanillas
On January 18, 2020, Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre (May 5, 1993 – January 18, 2020), a mother, artist, and Women's Rights activist, was killed in Juarez City, Mexico after not returning home from a night out at a bar.
Also recorded as Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre
Isabel Cabanillas
Favia Lucero · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1993 · Ciudad Juárez.
- Died
- 2020 · Ciudad Juárez.
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- artist · activist · fashion designer
- Education
- Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez
- Languages
- Spanish
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On January 18, 2020, Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre (May 5, 1993 – January 18, 2020), a mother, artist, and Women's Rights activist, was killed in Juarez City, Mexico after not returning home from a night out at a bar.
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Isabel Cabanillas (1993–2020) was a Mexican activist, artist and fashion designer. The activist was born and died in Ciudad Juárez. Isabel Cabanillas studied at Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez. Languages used include Spanish.
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Key facts
• Date — January 18, 2020 • Location — Ciudad Juárez
Background
Background
Cabanillas was a 26-year-old student at the Autonomous University of Juárez City (UACJ), where she studied fashion design and painting. She was also an activist with Mesa de Mujeres and the anti-capitalist, feminist collective, known as Hijas de su Maquilera Madre, with whom she protested femicides in the city.
Events
Events
On the night of Jan 17, 2020, Cabanillas was out at a bar in downtown Juarez. After leaving, she got on her bike to return home. Minutes later she was shot twice: once in the head and once in the chest. Her body was found next to her bicycle on a sidewalk around 3:00 a.m. on Jan 18, less than a quarter mile (350 m) away from the bar she had just left. Her friends realized she was missing the next day and took to social media to find her. Their posts assisted law enforcement in identifying Cabanillas' body. Mexican law enforcement authorities launched an investigation, but as of Jan 18, 2022 there are no suspects. Authorities also determined that the motive for Cabanillas' death was unclear, while the Chihuahuan Women's Institute considers it a femicide.
Aftermath
Aftermath
UACJ condemned the killing and called for justice. Protests were held throughout Mexico in her name. Cabanillas leaves behind a son.
La artista Isabel Cabanillas posa con algunas de las prendas de ropa que pintó a mano. Pintaba con diversos diseños chamarras de mezclilla, camisetas, vestidos y zapatos.
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- 1.Thompson, Nigel. Who was Isabel Cabanillas?. AL DÍA News. 2020-01-24.
- 2.Artists in Mexico Are Remembering a Murdered Activist With Murals—and Raising Money for the Family She Left Behind. artnet News. 2020-02-12.
- 3.Mujeres exigen frente a Bellas Artes justicia por asesinato de Isabel Cabanillas y Yunuen López - Animal Político. www.animalpolitico.com.
- 4.Gamboa, Suzanne. Shooting death of young woman activist returns spotlight to 'femicides' in Juarez and Mexico. January 24, 2020.
- 5.Alva, Karla. ¿Quién era Isabel Cabanillas, la joven activista y diseñadora asesinada en Ciudad Juárez?. January 1, 2020.
- 6.Thompson, Nigel. Ciudad Juárez marches to honor Isabel Cabanillas and all lost to femicide in Mexico. AL DÍA News. 2020-01-29.
- 7.Activist Artist Isabel Cabanillas Found Dead. BeLatina. 2020-01-30.
- 8."Ni Una Más": Hundreds Demand Justice for Isabel Cabanillas and Countless Other Femicide Victims. Remezcla. 2020-01-27.
- 9.Vulliamy, Ed. 'Why did she have to die?' Mexico's war on women claims young artist. The Guardian. 2020-02-11. 0261-3077.
- 10.No hay justicia, a 2 años del asesinato de Isabel Cabanillas en Ciudad Juárez. www.animalpolitico.com.
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