Francisco Castro
City Editor
City Editor
Calls to Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council Hotline in 2020 rose 43% from the year before.
Mexicana relata abuso físico y mental en dos matrimonios.
A Mexican woman details the physical and mental abuse she suffered at the hands of two husbands.
This article was produced as a project for the 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund at USC's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
This article was produced as a project for the 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund at USC's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism....
Muchas mujeres inmigrantes ya eran vulnerables al abuso conyugal, por ser indocumentadas y poco preparadas; la pandemia agudizó ese problema.
Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.
A series of three articles will delve deeper into domestic violence among undocumented immigrants, and offer statistics and resources where victims of abuse can find help.
Latinos are 50 percent more likely to develop kidney problems, studies show.
No one in Venancio Martinez’s family had ever had the disease. He remembers feeling relatively good in its early stages and did not feel the need to go to the doctor to check himself regularly.