TDoR 2019 / 2019 / August / 11 / Aylin Hernández Gómez


Aylin Hernández Gómez

Age 34

11 Aug 2019
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas (Mexico)
Strangled

TDoR list ref: tgeu/11-Aug-2019/Aylin Hernández Gómez

Aylin Hernández Gómez
Aylin Hernández Gómez [photo: minutochiapas.com]

Aylin's body was found covered by a motel bedsheet and dumped in undergrowth. Her body had signs of sexual violence and she had been strangled.

San Cristóbal de Las Casas.- A lifeless body was found covered by a sheet in undergrowth.

The emergency services arrived at around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday to the eastern Peripheral, next to the place known as "La Canasta", where they were first informed of a woman lying on the undergrowth.

Municipal police elements cordoned off the area upon arrival; Municipal Civil Protection paramedics also arrived, who when examining the body, which was wrapped in a blanket, confirmed that unfortunately she had no vital signs.

[deadname] Hernández Gómez, 34, known in the Travesti world as Aylin, was the person found dead on the side of the road that leads to the area known as the basket in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

Aylin was originally from the northern part of Chiapas and was a sex worker operating in the municipality of San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

https://alertachiapas.com/2020/08/21/un-pueblo-transfeminicida-no-es-magico/

https://www.elheraldodechiapas.com.mx/local/municipios/piden-justicia-por-asesinato-de-transexual-san-cristobal-de-las-casas-4122695.html

https://minutochiapas.com/asesinan-a-travesti-en-san-cristobal-de-las-casas/

https://www.sinembargo.mx/13-08-2019/3628613

https://www.elheraldodechiapas.com.mx/policiaca/encuentran-a-travesti-sin-vida-en-la-zona-de-la-canasta-4026015.html

Report added: 1 Sep 2019. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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