Gerardo Ortiz 'Fuiste Mía': Authorities Agree Video Should Be Taken Down For Promoting Femicide

The Secretariat of the Interior in Mexico, better known as Segob (Secretaría de Gobernación), released a statement on Tuesday where they announced their agreement with petitioners asking for Gerardo Ortiz’s music video, “Fuiste Mía,” to be removed from all social media platforms and websites due to its explicit violence content against women.

In a press communicate published by Excelsior, Segob encourages the media, production companies, PR agencies, social media users, journalists, and society in general to stop sharing content that promotes and glamorizes femicide, or any other act of violence.

“Violence against women and girls, in its different types and modes, is one of the most socially tolerable human rights violations in the world. Women are often featured in ad campaigns, TV shows, music videos, editorials and other media, under diverse stereotypes that foment violence against them,” reads the communicate.

The Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, asked Conavim (Comisión Nacional para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres) to take action and implement measures that help eradicate the use of stereotypes in the media, particularly those who glamorize violence against women.

On Monday, sources reported Change.org was receiving petitions from concerned citizens requesting for the controversial clip to be taken down from YouTube. “Denigrating women is something that is seen as natural in the Mexican society, which makes it more difficult to perceive it,” mentioned petitioner Ivan Jakes.

In the last 5 years, more than 3 million women have been victims of sexual violence in Mexico. More than 1,400 were assaulted, beaten, or raped, and more than 1,900 women and young girls were violently murdered. Freelance reporter Andrea Noel, who was recently attacked in the streets of Mexico City comments, “the reality is that violence against women in Mexico and Latin America is a cultural problem that is systemic and unlikely to improve.”