'I'd never felt so vulnerable': Mexican survivors recount attempted femicides


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Mar 2020

A woman who has assumed the name of Becky Bios, since she wanted to leave behind her old identity after she had been beaten by her boyfriend, talks to Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five years ago, a Mexican woman woke up in a hospital one morning connected to an endotracheal tube and a catheter. She was in so much pain that she barely remembered being brutally beaten by her boyfriend.

The woman has assumed the name of Becky Bios because after the attack she wanted to leave behind her old identity, she said. She withheld her legal name.

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