Paulina Smith Arroyave
29 Feb 2024
Cali, Valle del Cauca (Colombia)
Not reported
Paulina is one of eight trans women reported to have been killed in Colombia between January and April 2024. No other details are known.
In April, 25-year-old Luciana Román was found dead in a hotel room in Chapinero, Bogotá. Her body still bore traces of the torture she endured before she died. She was gagged, sexually abused and murdered. She lay in her own blood.
Two days before Luciana's murder, 28-year-old Macarena was shot to death in a hotel room in Cali and was also subjected to violence and abuse. Both join the list of eight transgender women who have been murdered this year because of their condition.
According to the Ombudsman's Office, the situation is very serious. This community endures, with greater rigor, marginalization and violence in its most extreme degree.
In addition to Luciana and Macarena, between January and April, Luisa Mome, Paulina Smith Arroyave and Sharon Muñoz Zúñiga were murdered , killed in Valle del Cauca; Verónica Dantez, in Bogotá; Valentina Barrera Delgado in Nariño and Thaliana Fajardo, in the department of Tolima.
“The Ombudsman's Office repudiates the homicides, threats and violence due to exacerbated prejudice against this population, which also enjoys the same rights as any population group or person residing in the national territory,” said the Ombudsman, Carlos Camargo Assis.
https://dontamalio.com/defensoria-mujeres-trans-colombia-flandes-8-asesinatos/
