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Cucuteña Barón Contreras

Age 31

7 Aug 2016
Barranquilla, Atlántico (Colombia)
Stabbed

TDoR list ref: tgeu/08/07/2016/Cucuteña Barón Contreras

Cucuteña Barón Contreras

After flirting with two passersby, she was attacked with punches and stabbed, dying at the scene.

Police later apprehended Deiber Augusto Acosta Espitia, 22, and Pedro Andrés Rivera Therán, 18, who said that trans women had tried to rob them in recent days.

TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & El Heraldo, 08.08.2016

https://caracol.com.co/emisora/2016/08/08/barranquilla/1470656098_466131.html

https://www.elheraldo.co/judicial/mi-hermano-lo-mataron-solo-por-ser-gay-296635

https://www.aldia.co/mundo-serio/por-un-piropo-habrian-asesinado-un-miembro-de-la-comunidad-lgbti

Report added: 18 Sep 2018. Last updated: 4 Mar 2024

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