Xóchitl Flores-Marcial highlights how El Arbol de la Muerte: Maquilando Mujeres directly points to the perpetrators of violence against women, urging accountability. While individual culprits can be named, she emphasizes the deeper systemic issue of machismo and misogyny that permeates society. El Arbol de la Muerte demands justice and governmental responsibility for protecting the lives of women, especially those whose labor sustains the economy, calling attention to the urgent need for structural change.