Demonstrators demanded justice Sunday at the Benito Juárez Monument in Juárez following the unsolved killing of an artist and activist this weekend.

Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre was found shot to death on a sidewalk next to a bicycle early Saturday in downtown Juárez, the Chihuahua attorney general's office reported.

Cabanillas had stated on a past Facebook post that she used a bicycle as her mode of transportation.

The 26-year-old painter, clothing designer and women's rights activist had been reported missing by friends Saturday on social media posts after she didn't make it home.

The state prosecutor's unit dealing with women's murders said that investigators got a call at 3 a.m. Saturday that a woman was killed near the Mercado Juárez.

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The woman, later identified as Cabanillas, was killed on Inocente Ochoa and Francisco I. Madero streets, the attorney general's office said in a news release. Two bullet casings were located at the scene.

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Cabanillas was a member of Hijas de su Maquilera Madre (Daughters of Maquila Worker Mothers), a local women's rights collective.

The group described Cabanillas as a young woman with "a lot of talent, ideas and love to share."

No possible motive for the fatal shooting has been disclosed and there had been no arrests.

"We demand respect, justice, security," the group JRZ Art stated on social media, demanding that authorities to do their duty.

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There have been more than 40 murders in Juárez this year, according to a daily tally by the Norte Digital news website. There were nearly 1,500 homicides in 2019 amid a rise in violence in the border city.

Artist, activist and women's groups demonstrated Sunday at the Benito Juárez Monument in honor of Cabanillas while demanding an end to the rampant violence and the murders of women, Norte reported.

There have been decadeslong concerns over disappearances and femicides in Juárez.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at 915-546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter.

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