FILE - Women, many holding up purple silhouette cutouts that depict the anti-monument "Mujeres que luchan" or women who fight, march to the Zocalo to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Mexico City, Nov. 25, 2023. President Andres López Obrador and leading presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum have claimed that the number of homicides dropped during the current administration. But Catholic leaders, during nationwide forums that the church held in 2023, have echoed the fears spread among thousands of average citizens who shared how violence broke their lives. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario, File)