Diana The Hunter Intro - Live

Revenge fantasies were not a thing for me
I never used to take pleasure in the suffering of people, even bad people
But when the Me Too movement hit in 2017, all that changed
The sheer number of stories I was hearing from famous people
Down to my personal friend circle was mind-boggling
I was angry about my own Me Too stories
But suddenly having that echoed by every woman I knew threw me into an all-out rage

Suddenly, I was daydreaming of vigilante justice
Armies of women tracking down the bad guys
And legal systems that locked them up and threw away the key for life

Then one day I stumbled on a story called The Missing Women
It was a gruesome and true story of Ciudad Juárez right across the Rio Grande border with El Paso
The young, poor women who flocked to Juárez to work in factories were
Systematically being kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed
This was first documented as far back as 1993
And had continued until up to 200-plus women went missing every year
Local police had never been able to crack the case
In fact, they often blamed the victims, suggesting that they were immoral or loose

The reality was these women had no choice
They needed jobs, and the only jobs available required late-night bus rides
And everyone knew that the Juárez bus drivers
Were procurers for the cartels that were doing the kidnappings
But with starvation knocking, these women had to take the chance

20 years went by and nothing changed until in 2013
A middle-aged woman with dyed blonde hair or maybe a wig decided she had had enough
In broad daylight, she would board buses and shoot the drivers point-blank
A panic came over Juárez, with bus drivers refusing to go to work
Then an anonymous email went to a local paper
And Diana, the huntress of bus drivers, claimed credit for the killings
Diana became the number one priority of local police
The women of Juárez, however, were openly supportive of Diana
One writer was quoted as saying, with the police doing nothing
And a society that doesn't care, it is understandable that she took justice into her own hands

Like the women of Juárez, I found Diana's rage and vigilantism completely understandable, justifiable even
Her actions satisfied me, and I fantasized that I was somehow in a position to be her judge and jury
Set her free, and raise her up as a national hero
Well, it turns out there was no need, as Diana and her true identity have never been discovered
Obviously, I'm no detective, lawyer, or judge, but I do write songs
And I figured if anyone deserved a song, it was surely Diana, the huntress of bus drivers