Six officers suspended over teen rape cases in Mexico

Six police officers in mexico city have been suspended as part of investigations into the alleged rape of two teenage girls earlier this month.

Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced the decision a day after some 300 people marched in the city demanding justice.

The protesters, mostly female, chanted “they don’t protect us, they rape us” at officers.

The cases are the latest incidents to trigger outrage over violence against women and girls in the country.

The first involves a 17-year-old girl who said four policemen had raped her in their patrol car in Azcapotzalco, in the capital’s north, on 3 August. the second concerns a girl aged 16 who said a policeman had raped her in a museum in the city centre days later.