Diva Reina de los Santos Contreras
20 Jan 2024
Constitución, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/tdor2024/20-Jan-2024/Diva Reina de los Santos Contreras
Diva was stabbed during an argument. A suspect was subsequently arrested.
This Friday, a woman was arrested on charges for the murder of Diva Reina de los Santos Contreras, a trans person who was fatally stabbed during a dispute in a hotel in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución.
The alleged perpetrator was apprehended by agents from Neighborhood Police Station 1C of the City Police and was placed at the disposal of the Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office 28, headed by Patricio Lugones.
The accused faces charges of "simple homicide" in the case of Diva Reina de los Santos Contreras, of Dominican nationality. During the prosecutor's interrogation, the woman chose not to testify, so she will remain in custody.
The incident took place last Saturday at a hotel located on Santiago del Estero Street at 1400 in the Constitución neighborhood. According to sources, the victim was involved in an argument with a woman and suffered at least one stab wound that caused her death on the sidewalk.
Diva's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/divareina.delossantos.