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A police officer has been arrested in connection with the murder of Melody, a trans woman, in Mendoza.
On Thursday afternoon, police officer Darío Jesús Cháves Rubio was arrested for the murder of the young trans woman at the end of August.
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A hate crime against LGBT+ people occurs every three days in Argentina.
Between January 1 and June 30 of this year, 69 LGBTIQ+ people were attacked, murdered, or suffered abandonment by the State.
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Gabriela Cruz Pimentel was murdered on Friday in her bedroom. She was strangled and bound.
Young people in Mexico raise their voices and protest 5 LGBT murders in two weeks
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She was defending a girl from an attacker and was murdered: a lesbian murder is denounced
Cynthia Leslie Velásquez was stabbed after intervening in an argument and defending a girl from a man who was trying to sexually assault her.
Three years after the death of artist Anna Cook: her mother denounces the murder of lesbians and activists demand justice
The death of Anna Cook, a 26-year-old DJ, was declared an overdose, but her family and activists denounce it as a hate crime.
For the first time, the Salvadoran justice system has convicted a transfemicide
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A security guard attempted to murder a young trans woman in Guatemala.
A young trans woman was the victim of an attempted transfemicide in Guatemala when she defended herself against insults.
A book about hate crimes against LGBTI people in Latin America
The international organization ILGALAC published Hate Crimes against LGBTI People in Latin America and the Caribbean, a book by Martín de Grazia that explores the concept of "hate crime" and the regional contexts and problems that contribute to this violence motivated by prejudice based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression…
Attempted transfemicide in Paraguay: she was saved by her colleagues
Paola Benítez Ramírez, a 24-year-old trans woman, was the victim of a hate crime.