'We are Vanessa Guillén': killing puts sexual violence in US military in focus

The 20-year-old soldier said she was being sexually harassed by superiors before her dismembered body was found in TexasThe disappearance and killing of soldier Vanessa Guillén has gripped Texas, and reignited widespread outrage over sexual violence in the US military and the failures of recent reforms to address it.Guillén, 20, disappeared from the Fort Hood military base in Killeen on 22 April. After over two months in which hundreds of people searched for her across large parts of central Texas, remains were found in late June, and were later identified as Guillén’s. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/14/vanessa-guillen-killing-sexual-violence-us-military #us_military #rape_and_sexual_assault #us_news