Remembering Mar Ibarra

The World

Mar Ibarra assembled the first professional soccer team for women in Mexico and then she fought to create a women’s league. Last month, she was kidnapped and found dead near Tijuana. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nina Lakhani of The Guardian about Ibarra’s story.

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