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Title: UPDATE/Agnes Hernandez, Mexican Transgender Activist, Brutally Murdered
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2012, 09:03:01 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2012, 09:03:01 PM
Agnes Hernandez, Mexican Transgender Activist, Brutally Murdered
First Posted: 03/15/2012 1:06 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/agnes-hernandez-hate-crime-mexican-transgender-activist-brutally-murdered_n_1345867.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/agnes-hernandez-hate-crime-mexican-transgender-activist-brutally-murdered_n_1345867.html)
Nearly 2000 individuals congregated outside a civic plaza in Puebla, Mexico on Tuesday, demanding justice for slain Mexican transgender activist Agnés Torres Hernández, whose body was found on Friday by neighbors who reported the crime to local police.
Mexican Attorney General is considering the investigation of Torres' murder as a hate crime, according to the newspaper El Universal (in Spanish).
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Torres, a 28 year-old psychologist and educator, is remembered as an activist and ardent defender of human rights in Mexico's LBGT community. She was an important figure in the strive for acceptance for the transgender community in her native country.
First Posted: 03/15/2012 1:06 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/agnes-hernandez-hate-crime-mexican-transgender-activist-brutally-murdered_n_1345867.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/agnes-hernandez-hate-crime-mexican-transgender-activist-brutally-murdered_n_1345867.html)
Nearly 2000 individuals congregated outside a civic plaza in Puebla, Mexico on Tuesday, demanding justice for slain Mexican transgender activist Agnés Torres Hernández, whose body was found on Friday by neighbors who reported the crime to local police.
Mexican Attorney General is considering the investigation of Torres' murder as a hate crime, according to the newspaper El Universal (in Spanish).
[...]
Torres, a 28 year-old psychologist and educator, is remembered as an activist and ardent defender of human rights in Mexico's LBGT community. She was an important figure in the strive for acceptance for the transgender community in her native country.
Title: Re: Agnes Hernandez, Mexican Transgender Activist, Brutally Murdered
Post by: SandraJane on March 18, 2012, 06:46:08 AM
Post by: SandraJane on March 18, 2012, 06:46:08 AM
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UPDATED: Arrest made in connection to killing of trans LGBTQ activist
March 17, 2012
http://xqsimagazine.com/2012/03/17/arrest-made-in-connect-to-killing-of-trans-lgbtq-activist/ (http://xqsimagazine.com/2012/03/17/arrest-made-in-connect-to-killing-of-trans-lgbtq-activist/)
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UPDATE: In a press conference, the Puebla State Attorney General named the four men arrested in connection with the murder of Agnes. Luis Fernando Bravo, Agustín Flores, Marco Antonio Especie, and Agnes' most recent partner Jorge Flores have all been charged.
A fifth suspect, believed to be a minor, has not been named.
According to authorities, the motive of the crime was stealing Agnes' car, discarding the notion that the murder was hate-motivated.
UPDATED: Arrest made in connection to killing of trans LGBTQ activist
March 17, 2012
http://xqsimagazine.com/2012/03/17/arrest-made-in-connect-to-killing-of-trans-lgbtq-activist/ (http://xqsimagazine.com/2012/03/17/arrest-made-in-connect-to-killing-of-trans-lgbtq-activist/)
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UPDATE: In a press conference, the Puebla State Attorney General named the four men arrested in connection with the murder of Agnes. Luis Fernando Bravo, Agustín Flores, Marco Antonio Especie, and Agnes' most recent partner Jorge Flores have all been charged.
A fifth suspect, believed to be a minor, has not been named.
According to authorities, the motive of the crime was stealing Agnes' car, discarding the notion that the murder was hate-motivated.