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On July 8, the Jalisco Diverse Union (UDJ) reported a trans femicide in the Prados Providencia neighborhood of Guadalajara. The Jalisco State Attorney General's Office reported that “a trans woman lost her life (…) the victim apparently showed signs of violence.” Activists are demanding an investigation under the femicide protocol. The Attorney General's Office declined to provide Presentes with information regarding the victim's identity.

The Prosecutor's Office reported in a press release that the investigation is being handled by the Specialized Unit for Attention to Crimes Due to Sexual Diversity of the Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, an initial report was made around 9:35 a.m. on July 7, and it was police officers and paramedics from the municipal service who found "a trans woman inside a house located on Bonifacio Andrada Street.". 

“It bothers us that the Prosecutor’s Office itself, when reporting that they found signs of violence, states explicitly that she ‘lost her life.’ You don’t lose your life, it’s taken from you, and in Jalisco, trans women, in particular, are the ones who experience the most violence. That’s why we demand that the femicide protocol and a sexual diversity perspective be applied in this crime, especially since the Prosecutor’s Office for Sexual Diversity is overseeing the case,” Fascinación Jiménez, director of UDJ, Presentes

Their identity is unknown

The local media outlet Guardia Nocturna reported that the woman's age is between 40 and 45 years old, a fact that Presentes cannot corroborate since the Prosecutor's Office withheld that information.

In that same communication between Presentes and the Prosecutor's Office, the authority stated that "the National Protocols for Action for Personnel of the Justice Agencies in Cases Involving Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity and the Protocol for the Investigation of the Crime of Femicide with a Gender Perspective are being applied."

Furthermore, the local news outlet Guardia Nocturna reported that “it was the mother who, upon entering the apartment located on José Bonifacio Andrada, found her (daughter) unconscious in one of the rooms. She then called medical services who arrived at the residence accompanied by municipal police officers, who secured the area to preserve the crime scene.”. 

“There is excessive hatred, especially against trans women in Jalisco.”

“There are no actions in place to guarantee the safety and justice of LGBT people in the state. The Directorate of Sexual Diversity exists, but no progress has been made. There are no actions being taken, even though there are laws against violence against women and we have a Gender Violence Alert, trans women are not included. There is excessive hatred, especially against trans women in Jalisco,” Fascinación Jimenez stated in an interview with Presentes .

According to data from the organization Letra Ese , from 2015 to June 2021 at least 18 hate crimes have been committed against LGBTI+ people in Jalisco.

According to Fascinación Jiménez, the crisis of missing persons in Jalisco is also affecting trans women.

“Trans women are the most vulnerable. We know of at least five missing trans women, in addition to Karla and Kenya (trans women who have been missing since September 18, 2020 ). The number could be higher because either the disappearances aren't reported, families don't make them visible, or the authorities don't respect their identity and don't consider it relevant information in the missing person report. In the end, we don't know if they're even being searched for,” Jiménez added.

At the moment, the Directorate of Sexual Diversity of the State of Jalisco has not commented on the matter.