Karis Saldarriaga
Age 6120 Oct 2024
Caldas, Antioquia (Colombia)
Stabbed
Karis was a human rights activist who was featured in the book "Locas de pueblo: Maricas mayores en los municipios de Antioquia)". She was found dead in her apartment.
Alarm bells are ringing again in the LGBTIQ+ community in Colombia after two people were murdered last weekend in both Antioquia and La Guajira.
In the first case, the victim was Karis Saldarriaga, a transgender woman who was an icon in Antioquia, who, according to the NGO Caribe Informativo, was found dead last Sunday, October 20 in her apartment, located in the municipality of Caldas in the south of the department.
The lifeless body of Saldarriaga, 61 years old at the time of her death, showed evidence of several stab wounds in the neck and chest, according to the police report of the crime.
“Karis' murder has deeply shocked her family, friends, and the community of activists and human rights defenders, especially those fighting for the rights of the LGBTIQ+ population,” they said.
They recalled that the transgender woman was one of the protagonists of the book Locas de pueblo: maricas mayors en lospopulaciones de Antioquia, by Guillermo Correa, a member of that NGO, where they collected her story of resilience in the face of discrimination and violence of which she was a victim for religious, social and political reasons in the aforementioned department.
The other victim was the openly gay young man Geiner Carrillo Ipuana who was found dead, also with stab wounds, in the municipality of Albania, in the center of the department of La Guajira.
https://mioriente.com/antioquia/asesinaron-a-activista-lgbtiq-en-antioquia.html
https://telemedellin.tv/investigan-asesinato-mujer-trans-en-caldas/722849/
https://www.cablenoticias.tv/denuncian-asesinato-persona-colectivo-lgbtiq-antioquia/
