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Dayana was 18 years old when she was murdered in June 2021. Her body showed signs of beatings and gunshot wounds. A judge sentenced Luis Andrés Z to 32 years in prison for the crime of femicide, based on evidence presented by the Specialized Unit for Attention to Crimes Related to Sexual Diversity of the Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office.

Justice authorities established the crime of femicide after their investigation determined that "the crime was committed for reasons of gender, misogyny, with indications of humiliation and denigration." 

According to Unión Diversa de Jalisco (UDJ), the organization that supported Dayana's family, "this case revealed misogyny, machismo, transphobia, and excessive hatred."

Fascinación Jiménez, director of UDJ, told Presentes that this is not the first femicide sentence against a trans woman in Jalisco.

In addition to the sentence, the judge imposed a fine of 489,325 pesos and ordered reparations. “With this ruling, justice has been served for the victims, both direct and indirect,” the Prosecutor's Office stated in its press release. 

According to the UDJ organization, Dayana's family was always interested in seeking justice. 

There were gender-related reasons

Dayana left her home to work at a bar in the municipality of Zapotlanejo. Her family searched for her for two days until they found her lifeless body in a remote area, more than 20 kilometers from her workplace, in Tonalá, Jalisco, on June 6, 2021.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, Dayana's killer beat her, shot her, and abandoned her body in the street.

Justice authorities determined that the crime was committed for gender reasons and in August 2021 the arrest was ordered for the crime of femicide of the person now responsible for the transfeminicide of Dayana. 

According to the bulletin , the result of this sentence was after applying the National Protocol for the Justice Administration of the Country in cases involving Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity as well as the femicide protocol.

Although in Jalisco there is no aggravating circumstance of hate due to sexual orientation and gender identity in the crime of homicide, the Penal Code determines in the crime of femicide that there are gender reasons when "there are acts of hatred or misogyny, there are indications of humiliation, when the body of the victim is exposed in a public place, when the subject acts for reasons of homophobia (it does not mention transphobia)", among other circumstances.

They demand action to prevent violence

The organization Unión Diversa de Jalisco demands that the State carry out “prevention work and concrete actions in favor of the sexual diversity population, especially for trans women who suffer most from this type of violence.” 

Fascinación Jimenez, director of UDJ, explained to Presentes that the “urgent” actions the State must take are: “the classification of hate crimes because it is currently only considered an aggravating circumstance; the classification of hate speech, which translates into this type of extreme violence; public policies, because there is nothing for LGBTQ+ women and the LGBTQ+ community in general; rehabilitation and treatment for violent and sexist men; and prevention campaigns in the media.”