TDoR 2017 / 2017 / April / 23 / Tato Ayestas


Tato Ayestas

Age 24

23 Apr 2017
El Paraíso, Copán (Honduras)
Stabbed

TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Apr-2017/Tato Eduardo Ayestas

Tato Ayestas

Tato was stabbed repeatedly.

The body of a [trans woman] was found this Sunday morning by residents of the El Rosario neighborhood, department of El Paraíso, Honduras.

The victim responded to the name of [deadname] Ayestas, known locally as "Tato".

The body of Ayestas had several wounds of a knife, dagger type, which caused death.

The [trans woman] was a resident of the El Carmen neighborhood, a nearby town where her body was found.

Villagers revealed that Ayestas was last seen at 7:00 on Saturday night.

TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans & Tiempo, 24.04.2017

https://www.latribuna.hn/2017/04/23/matan-travesti-parais

https://tiempo.hn/asesinan-transexual-en-el-paraiso/

http://www.laprensa.hn/sucesos/1065010-410/asesinan-a-un-travesti-en-la-zona-occidente-de-honduras

Report added: 1 Sep 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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