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How does the Argentine justice system handle cases of transphobic murders?
The rulings in 8 transvesticide cases demonstrate that the justice system has made little progress in applying a gender perspective when investigating.
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Justice for Melody: Jury found former police officer guilty of transfemicide, sentenced to life imprisonment
A jury in Mendoza found former police officer Darío Jesús Chaves Rubio guilty of aggravated homicide motivated by hatred of gender identity. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of 27-year-old Melody Barrera, a trans woman.
Trial begins for the transphobic murder of Melody Barrera in Mendoza
The accused is a former police officer from Mendoza who faces charges of aggravated homicide motivated by hatred of gender expression.
The murder of Melody, a transvestite: Mendoza will have its first trial for a hate crime
The police officer who murdered Melody will face a jury trial, the date of which has not yet been set. The prosecution cited "hatred of gender expression" as the motive.
Melody was 27 years old and was murdered in Mendoza: it is being investigated as a transphobic hate crime
Melody Barrera was murdered in Mendoza early Saturday morning with at least six shots fired from a vehicle