Norma Andrade, activist and founding member of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, a non-profit organization serving the mothers of femicide victims in Cd. Juárez, was attacked this morning in Mexico City.

According to police reports, an unknown assailant approached Ms. Andrade as she walked her granddaughter to school and stabbed her in the face.

Ms. Andrade is in stable condition and is receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital.

This is the second attack on Norma Andrade’s life in little over two months. On December 2, 20011, Ms. Andrade was shot five times outside her home in Ciudad Juárez, an attack classified by the Chihuahua State Prosecutors Office as an “attempted auto theft .” Ms. Andrade and her family were relocated to Mexico City soon after.

“Something the two [attacks] have in common is that both were meant to kill her,” said Malú García, daughter of Norma Andrade, referring to her mother, in an interview this evening with Milenio Television.

Ms. García told Milenio they are asking authorities for stepped-up protection, adding their home address was “supposed to be private.”

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