Mexican trans activist Natalia Lane survived an attempted transfeminicide
Natalia Lane was stabbed in the back of the neck, received a knife wound on her cheek and a wound on her hand while in a room of the Diana hotel, located on Calzada de Tlalpan.
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Natalia Lane, a human rights defender and sex worker, survived an attempted murder in the early hours of January 16th at a hotel in southern Mexico City. Activists and authorities in Mexico City condemned the attack and are providing her with support.
Natalia Lane was stabbed in the back of the neck, received a knife wound on her cheek and a wound on her hand while in a room of the Diana hotel, located on Calzada de Tlalpan, in the south of the city.
“I’m bleeding a lot (…) I was stabbed in the back of the neck and I’m feeling very bad. Please, I ask the Prosecutor’s Office for Femicides to help me and the justice system to take action,” she said while in an ambulance.
Following the attack, LGBT+ individuals and organizations condemned the act. Trans activist Rocío Suárez, director of the Center for Support of Trans Identities (CAIT), stated that “Natalia is stable and under observation. She is already receiving medical and legal attention.”
Demands on the government
The National Observatory of Hate Crimes against LGBTI+ people demands "a timely and expeditious investigation to achieve justice" and calls on the city government to take action to "end the climate of violence that puts our integrity and our lives at risk."
In addition, Mexico City authorities reported that they have already requested support from the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Investigation of the Crime of Femicide, the Council to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination (Copred) and the General Directorate of Sexual Diversity and Human Rights.
The Director General for Attention to Victims of Crime, Nahyeli Ortiz Quintero, announced that an investigation file will be opened.
Natalia Lane is a trans activist from Mexico City who is dedicated to defending the human rights of sex workers and trans people. She is the coordinator of the Center for Support of Trans Identities, an advisory member of the Copred assembly, and was recently elected to the Women's Parliament of the Mexico City Congress.
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