Camila Herrera
Age 3513 Jul 2024
Daule, Guayas (Ecuador)
Shot
Camila was shot multiple times while walking in the street.
"We don't know why they killed Juana, if she had many friends, we assume they made a mistake," said Rosmery about the attack suffered by her friend Juana Leonela Zavala Yagual.
Zavala, 35, who belonged to the LGBTI community, was shot two blocks from the Zona Rosa, in the La Aurora parish of the Daule canton, Guayas province, at 00:30 on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
Police reports indicate that the victim was walking along Olmedo and Adriana Fariño in the south of this parish when a subject intercepted her and fired more than six gunshots at her, hitting her in the head and chest.
Zavala was left dead on the street and then, agents from the Directorate of Violent Deaths (Dinased) of Salitre and Criminalistics, before removing the body, collected three spent 9-millimeter shells.
The victim's relatives have refused to give any statements to the press and, as of the closing of this edition, were still carrying out the necessary procedures at the Daule morgue to remove the body of their loved one.
On Saturday, July 13, police officers and prosecutors were investigating what the victim did for a living, while her friends were asking for justice. They also said that she liked rock and roll songs and ballads. Another acquaintance said that she always said that she was in love with life and that she should have fun while she could.
Diane Rodríguez, national director of the (LGBTI) Federation of Ecuador and director of Asociación Silueta X, confirmed to EXTRA that from January to July 13, 15 murders have been committed against members of her community. 10 of the victims have been trans women.
https://www.extra.ec/noticia/provincias/trans-baleada-caminaba-madrugada-daule-motivo-107883.html
