Buenos Aires: A young trans woman was stabbed and is missing

Raiza was stabbed for the second time this year in the Once neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where she works as a prostitute. She has been missing since last night. A habeas corpus petition was filed but rejected. The National Criminal and Correctional Appeals Court is expected to respond today. #BUENOS AIRES# Raiza is 20 years old, Ecuadorian, and…

December 22, 2016

Raiza was stabbed for the second time this year in the Once neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where she lives as a prostitute. She has been missing since last night. A habeas corpus petition was filed but rejected. The National Criminal and Correctional Appeals Court is expected to rule today. #BUENOS AIRES# Raiza is 20 years old, Ecuadorian, and lives on the streets and works as a prostitute. She has no family in Argentina. A few days ago, she was stabbed for the second time this year in the Once neighborhood. When she went to the emergency room at Ramón Mejía Hospital, they refused to treat her, and last night she did not return to the shelter where she had been sleeping for the past week. She was last seen yesterday at 8:00 PM on La Rioja Street, between 100 and 200. A habeas corpus petition was filed regarding her disappearance, which was rejected by the 46th Investigating Court. The National Criminal and Correctional Appeals Court is expected to rule today. “We are very worried because she hasn't been found. Raiza is extremely vulnerable socially, being a trans woman, a migrant, and working as a prostitute. No one from the government is looking for her. The National Council for Women, which sent her to a shelter and then abandoned her, is responsible for providing answers. The lack of sensitivity and the ineffectiveness of that agency is appalling. They're asking young women who can't even read or write to write a report. They're completely unaware of our reality,” Claudia Vásquez Haro , from the organization OTRANS Argentina, which is mapping crime in the Once neighborhood due to the ongoing violence suffered by trans women there, Presentes

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