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Lydia Cacho

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Lydia María Cacho Ribeiro (born 12 April 1963) is a Mexican journalist, feminist, and human rights activist. Described by Amnesty International as "perhaps Mexico's most famous investigative journalist and women's rights advocate", Cacho's reporting focuses on violence against and sexual abuse of women and children. Her book Los Demonios del Edén (in English: The Demons of Eden) (2004) created a nationwide scandal by alleging that several prominent businessmen had conspired to protect a pedophilia ring. In 2006, a tape emerged of a conversation between businessman Kamel Nacif Borge and Mario Plutarco Marín Torres, governor of Puebla, in which they conspired to have Cacho beaten and raped for her reporting. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Lydia Cacho is the 679th most popular social activist (down from 645th in 2024), the 455th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lydia Cacho ranks 679 out of 840. Before her are Loujain al-Hathloul, Fartuun Adan, Siti Musdah Mulia, Flora Drummond, Beyers Naudé, and Karina Pankievich. After her are Jamnalal Bajaj, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Juliette Gordon Low, Luis Taruc, Emily Murphy, and Arthur Scargill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Lydia Cacho ranks 635. Before her are Panagiotis Fasoulas, Jörg Woithe, Débora Bloch, Vladimír Růžička, Graciano Rocchigiani, and Torgny Mogren. After her are Uwe-Jens Mey, Steven Michael Quezada, Nina Stemme, Vincent Collet, Caren Metschuck, and Andrei Sokolov.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lydia Cacho ranks 455 out of 729. Before her are Giselle Itié (1981), Margo (1917), Adan Canto (1981), Raúl Alcalá (1964), Lupita Jones (1967), and Alicja Bachleda-Curuś (1983). After her are Carlos Reygadas (1971), Alfonso Herrera (1983), Jesús Martínez (1952), Antonio de la Torre (1951), Érik Morales (1976), and Ignacio Flores (1953).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Mexico

Among social activists born in Mexico, Lydia Cacho ranks 8. Before her are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), Leona Vicario (1789), and Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878). After her are Leydy Pech (1965), Susana Chávez (1974), Xiye Bastida (2002), María Fernanda Castro Maya (null), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).

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