Yumiko
28 Oct 2024
Cochabamba (Bolivia)
Beaten

Yumiko died after being beaten in the street by a group of assailants who attacked her as she was walking to work.
On the night of October 28, Yumiko was walking through the streets of Cochabamba, Bolivia. She was going to work like many other women do. But on her way she came across a group of people who approached her to attack her.
It was not an assault or a fight. The beating was carried out with such cruelty, hatred and extreme violence that it caused brain death, which days later shut down her entire body.
Yumiko, like many trans women, was involved in sex work due to a lack of opportunities. Her case did not make it into the news agenda, which at the time revolved around the social crisis. The only thing left of the crime was the request for justice from her colleagues on social media and the search for help to bury her.
Yumiko's murder is the fourth hate crime recorded in Bolivia in 2024 and the third transfemicide of the year, according to the LGBT Rights Observatory . The number is the highest publicly recorded among the annual figures reported in the last 15 years, in which there are 28 hate crimes, of which 21 are femicides.
https://www.observatoriolgbt.org.bo/index.php/estadistica/detalle/cod_estadistica/4