November, 2014 - Diana the Hunter - Mexican Coffee

Diana the Hunter (? - ?)

The year 2013 marked the twentieth anniversary of the first disappearance of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  The women are often found dead later with signs of rape and strangulation.  In 2010, the number peaked: at least 304 women were murdered that year.  In 2013, at least two bus drivers in Ciudad Juarez were murdered by an unknown woman.  She hailed the bus, climbed the steps, drew her gun, spat words into the driver's ear and shot him twice in the head -- then fled the scene.  The killer, witnesses said, was a middle-aged woman with dyed blonde hair -- or maybe it was a wig -- wearing a cap, plaid shirt and jeans.  Nobody saw how she escaped.  Or at least nobody would say.  One day later, a new website from El Paso called La Polaka, which specializes in covering the political gossip of Juarez, received an email:

"You think that because we are women we are weak, and that may be true but only up to a point, because even though we have nobody to defend us and have to work long hours until late into the night to earn a living for our families we can no longer be silent in the face of these acts that enrage us.  We were victims of sexual violence from bus drivers working the maquila night shifts here in Juarez, and although a lot of people know about the things we've suffered, nobody defends us nor does anything to protect us.  That's why I am an instrument that will take revenge for many women.  For we are seen as weak, but in reality we are not.  We are brave.  And if we don't get respect, we will earn that respect with our own hands.  We the women of Juarez are strong."

The email was signed by someone calling herself, "Diana, the Hunter of Bus Drivers."

The Drink:

Mexican Coffee

1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz Kahlua
1 tsp brown sugar
8 oz hot coffee
whipped cream optional

Drinkability:  5
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation:  5

Comments:  Good for those who like coffee

From "Women Getting Revenge" hosted by BallBuster