A trans woman was murdered by her partner in Montevideo
Fanny Aguiar, a 34-year-old trans woman, was murdered in her home, located at the corner of Cufré and Cagancha streets in the La Comercial neighborhood of Montevideo. Her body showed several stab wounds.
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Fanny Aguiar, a 34-year-old trans woman, was murdered in her home, located at the corner of Cufré and Cagancha streets in the La Comercial neighborhood of Montevideo. Her body showed several stab wounds.
The perpetrator was her partner, 21-year-old Fernando Izquierdo. Neighbors called the police after hearing screams. When officers arrived, the man was leaving with several of the woman's belongings and had bloodstains on him. Izquierdo is in custody and has confessed to the crime, according to sources at the Ministry of the Interior. He is scheduled to testify before prosecutor Mirtha Morales this afternoon.
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“It’s not unusual for a trans woman to be killed in her home or on the street, murdered by a man who is usually a client or her partner,” a friend of the victim told the Uruguayan news outlet Ecos. “It’s not something foreign to our history. I think it should be considered femicide, but that’s something the justice system will determine,” she added.
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According to her friend, when she was still a minor, she had no other option but prostitution; she had no alternative. "It has to do with the place we are assigned in this society within the possibilities and impossibilities, which makes you much more exposed to this kind of thing. Fanny lived in a difficult family context and had to make it on her own."
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