Mexican demonstrators marched toward the Mexican Palace where President Obrador and his family lives and painted re the palace large and ornate door.
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Hundreds of protesters, mostly women, are outraged in Mexico following the death of Ingrid Escamilla and her mutilated corpse published in a local newspaper. 

Ingrid Escamilla, 25 years old, was allegedly stabbed by a man she lived with. This is just one of the estimated more than 700 cases of femicides under investigation in Mexico. Activists claim that the number of victims is spiking in the country and it all because of their gender.

The demonstration started during Valentines' Day where dozens of women went to the Presidential Palace, where the country's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lives with his family, and chanted "not one murder more" and splashed red paint on one of its ornate doors with the words "femicide state."

According to the official figures, there were more than 3,825 women who were killed in Mexico last year and that rate is up seven percent since since 2018. This means that an average of 10 women were killed in Mexico last year and according to the official data, this shows a hallmark of new overall homicide data.

The case of Ingrid Escamilla is just another additional number for the femicide incident in the country. One of the demonstrators also painted the name "INGRID" on one of the palace doors to give tribute to her. 

Meanwhile, one of the persons who joined the demonstration was Lilia Florencio Guerrero whose daughter was violently killed in 2017. In a statement she shared with the NBC News she said that it's not only Ingrid who is the victim of femicides, but there are thousands more and this is what filled them with rage and anger. She also urged the president, who was inside the palace at that time, to stop the violence against women in the country.

Meanwhile, to stabilize the demonstration, President Obrador released a statement during his morning conference and attempted to reassure the protesters. He said: "I'm not burying my head in the sand... The government I represent will always take care of ensuring the safety of women." However, he did not give any details of the plans. 

Moving forward to the local newspapers who published the mutilated corpse of Ingrid Escamilla, the La Prensa said that they are open for a discussion to adjust the standards of their reporting that are beyond legal requirements. What made the demonstrators even more angry and mad was the caption of the report "It was cupid's fault" and the jocular tone of the report. In a separate statement, they said, "We understand today that it hasn't been sufficient, and we've entered a process of deeper review."

In a developing report, a group of protesters attempted to move to the Mexican capital holding placards calling for responsible journalism. Alejandro Castillo told a news outlet that it seems to him that the president has evaded the issue constantly.

"It is not a personal issue against him. We believe he has the possibility of raising several things on the agenda and has not done so," Castillo said.

Later, the protesters marched toward the La Prensa, the newspaper who published the mutilated corpse of Ingrid Escamilla, and set fire to a vehicle that belonged to the La Prensa. 

However, when President Obrador was asked about the issue of femicides he said that media is just manipulating the story.