“On the eve of this new June 3, the femicide of Agostina Vega in Córdoba shakes the country, challenges us and should make a State that does not recognize the existence of sexist violence react. A mother trying to make a report a few hours after the disappearance of the 14-year-old teenager and a police who not only did not take her, but also dismissed her family’s desperation with the argument that they should wait. According to the Ministry of National Security, “the taking of complaints in cases of missing or lost persons will be governed according to the following principles: Immediacy, Sufficiency and Judicialization.” None of this was fulfilled and it delayed the “Sofia Alert” and the protection of the primary scene, he said in a statement The Meeting House, one of the most active organizations in terms of raising awareness of the social problem of femicides in the country.
In its message, the non-governmental organization announced that from June 3, 2015 to the present, 3,073 femicides linked to women and girls occurred, which is estimated to be one case with that title every 30 hours. Of that statistic, 3,840 sons and daughters were left without a mother every 25 hours. The civil association questioned the latest report delivered by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, which indicates that the number of femicides decreases year after year and is lower than that reported by civil society.
“First of all, it should be noted that the Court’s report counts the judicial cases initiated during that year, which means that those femicides and linked femicides that were not judicially investigated are excluded. Furthermore, according to the methodology announced in its reports, the organization counts those judicial cases in which facts typified by article 80 of the Penal Code are investigated but femicides in the context of drug trafficking are not counted as it does. our Observatory. Finally, when judicial cases are not classified by aggravated article 80 (sections 1, 4, 11 or 12), it is at the discretion of the Court which cases are counted or not, so it may happen that, if during the investigation the context of gender violence was omitted to be assessed or if local laws on family violence were applied, for the Court Observatory it is not considered femicide,” La Casa del Encuentro reported.
“From January 1 to May 30, 2026, we registered 104 victims: 90 femicides and related femicides of women and girls, 5 transfemicides, 9 femicides linked to adult men and children and 233 attempted femicides. It is for all this that we demand articulated, multidisciplinary and federal work, respecting and complying with current legislation and maintaining organizations, programs and public policies that work in the prevention of gender-based violence and the protection of those in danger,” the organization highlighted.
In this context, the evolution of femicides in the country during the administration of Javier Milei It became an axis of public debate based on the reports disseminated by various civil organizations that monitor gender violence in the absence of official statistics consolidated in real time. One of the most cited surveys is the one prepared by the Observatory of Gender Violence “Now That They See Us”, which builds its records from the analysis of cases published in graphic and digital media throughout the country.
According to data from that organization, in the first months of the current administration there was an increase in the number of femicides compared to the same period of the previous year. The report corresponding to the first quarter of 2024, for example, counted more than 80 femicides, which implied an increase compared to the same period in 2023. The trend was maintained in subsequent reports, which indicated a frequency of one femicide every 30 to 36 hours, depending on the time period considered. These numbers include both cases classified judicially as femicides and those that, due to their characteristics, fall within the definition of lethal gender-based violence.
The observatory also warned about an increase in attempted femicide and other forms of extreme violence, as well as the persistence of structural patterns: the majority of crimes are committed by partners or ex-partners of the victims and occur in contexts of previous violence. In this sense, the report highlights that a significant percentage of the murdered women had made complaints or had protection measures, which once again calls into question the effectiveness of prevention mechanisms.
The growth of these figures was linked by different organizations to changes in public policies implemented since December 2023. Among the most questioned points are the reduction of specific programs, the reconfiguration of state areas dedicated to gender and diversity and the budget cut in assistance devices. The national government rejected this interpretation and maintained that the problem of gender violence responds to long-term structural factors that cannot be attributed to a particular management.
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