As migration to the US border rises, experts fear surge in sexual violence

Volunteers in Tijuana, Mexico, put up posters of missing women with messages like, 'We remember you' [Alícia Fàbregas/Al Jazeera]

Tijuana, Mexico – Marina figured, if she stayed in Venezuela, her life would be short. Maybe special security forces would kill her. Maybe the military. Maybe the police. Speaking out against the administration of Nicolás Maduro, she feared, would be a death sentence.

“One way or another, they are going to kill you,” she said. “I prefer to leave before they come to kill me.”