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Three years after the transfemicide of Laura Moyano, hundreds of friends, neighbors, and family members marched in the city of Córdoba, from her home to the site where she was found murdered, to demand justice and say #StopTransfemicides and #StopTravesticides. There is one suspect in the investigation.

Laura Moyano was a 35-year-old trans woman. She lived in the 9 de Julio neighborhood and was actively involved in the community. She was well-loved by her neighbors. She volunteered for community projects, was part of the Women's Group at Health Center No. 34, and was finishing primary school at Saúl Taborda School.

On July 25, 2015, Laura was found murdered in an abandoned lot in Villa Allende Parque. Her body had been brutally beaten. The family alleges that the police released images of her body, which then went viral, before they were formally notified of the transfemicide.

“We’ve missed her since the first day she was murdered. We live every minute remembering her, and that gives us the strength to keep fighting and demanding justice for her and for all the trans and travesti women who have been murdered. Laura was the family’s breadwinner. She did odd jobs, worked as a domestic worker, and at night, she was a sex worker. After her murder, our father died because he couldn’t bear the pain of her being killed in such a brutal way,” her sister Soledad told Presentes.

The legal case

Soledad said the legal case "is progressing, it's moving forward." She said they expect DNA test results in the coming days and that there is a suspect. She asked anyone who can provide information to help solve the crime to contact the prosecutor's office, headed by Liliana Copello, District 4, Shift 4.

This year, it was decided to march through the neighborhood with residents and social groups that support the demand for justice, explained Noe Gal, a member of the Justice for Laura Moyano coordinating committee. At the site where Laura was found murdered, they left their banners and signs, and a video about Laura's community work was shown. "This mobilization continues to push for the case to move forward, to not be shelved, and to find Laura's killer," Gal said.

The following is the text that was read at the march. 

July 25, 2015, was the last time Laura was seen alive. We have been seeking justice for three years now.

That day, Laura had gone out dancing at the well-known after-hours club “Santa Diabla” located at 9800 Donatto Alvarez Avenue in Villa Allende. Inside the club there were more than two hundred people, in addition to the staff who worked there.

My sister Laura was a very beloved, very friendly, very striking person; when she went out she didn't go unnoticed. While she was at the Santa Diabla Disco, several people who gave their testimony stated that Laura was accompanied by a male subject, with whom she left the Disco at approximately 9:00 a.m., heading towards Boro Street. Her route was recorded by the cameras of a service station in the vicinity of the Disco.

Hours later, Laura's body was found lifeless, with multiple signs of violence.

After Laura's death, the "SANTA DIABLA" after-hours club closed its doors to the public.

It is vital for the clarification of Laura's murder that everyone who went to the Santa Diabla Disco that night, and saw Laura there, who spoke with her, or remembers any situation of interest to the investigation, as well as everyone who saw her pass by on her journey, come forward to give their testimony to the District 4 Prosecutor's Office, shift 4, Dr. Liliana Copello.

In this case there are witnesses who have already been summoned on several occasions and at various addresses, and who to date have not appeared at the Prosecutor's Office. We publicly ask these people to come forward and give their testimony to the Justice system.

This can also be done by those who currently possess any information relevant to the investigation, whether because they did not disclose it at the time or because they learned about it after Laura's death.

As already stated, there were more than two hundred people at the disco that night, plus the staff. There are people who need to contribute something more, and they still have time to do so; they just need to go in person to the Prosecutor's Office, where they will be received to give their testimony.

Laura's killer is still at large, and her murder remains unpunished. That's why we need the help of everyone who was at the disco and anyone who saw Laura arrive in the vicinity of where her body was found this morning.

You can contact them at the provided phone number 4 26 68 00 extension 16046, or personally at the Prosecutor's Office of Dr. Copello, District 4 shift 4.