Thousands of Argentine women took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl. The women wore black and marched with signs reading anti-rape slogans such as "If you touch one of us, we all react". Braving rain and bad weather, the protestors chanted "ni una menos" – not one woman less. Several men also took part in the protest march.

Calling for participation, the organisers had written, "In your office, school, hospital, law court, newsroom, shop, factory, or wherever you are working, stop for an hour to demand 'no more machista (Spanish for an exaggerated form of masculinity) violence'."

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The victim was drugged with marijuana and cocaine and raped in Mar del Plata. She was left at a hospital by two men who claimed she had overdosed on drugs. Investigators said a foreign object was forced into her anus that caused excruciating pain leading to cardiac arrest, which is how she died. The teenager died shortly after being admitted to hospital. The local police have arrested three men in connection with the case.

Crime against women is rampant in the country, with one woman dying in domestic violence cases in every 36 hours, BBC reported. Argentina had introduced an anti-femicide law with harsh punishment in 2012 to check such gender crimes. President Mauricio Macri had earlier said that his government will introduce several measures like funding electronic tags for violent men, and creating a network of women's refuges.

Lead prosecutor Maria Isabel Sanchez said, "I know it's not very professional to say this, but I am a mother and a woman and I have seen a thousand things in my career, but never anything equal to this litany of abhorrent acts." The girl's mother said, "We can't understand such barbarity. It's impossible to understand." Her father said the way they killed her was inhuman.