Shakira Pereira Guajajara
Age 237 Apr 2025
Grajaú, Maranhão (Brazil)
Drowned
Shakira was an indigenous trans woman who had been a victim of sexual violence in 2023. After her body was found in a river an autopsy concluded that she died from drowning.
An indigenous [trans woman] was found dead on the morning of Sunday (6), on the banks of the Grajaú River, 568 km from São Luís.
Shakira's body was found floating in the waters of the river, in a region known as Limoeiro. The 23-year-old [trans woman] was a resident of Aldeia Cocal, in Grajaú.
According to the Civil Police of Maranhão, the victim had no signs of violence on her body and, after the forensic work, she was sent to the Forensic Medical Institute (IML) of Imperatriz.
At the IML it was confirmed that Shakira died by drowning. Before, there was a suspicion that she could have been murdered, since the [trans woman] has previously been a victim of a crime of sexual violence in 2023 when Shakira was beaten and raped on Indigenous Peoples' Day, April 19.
According to the investigations, the young woman was at a party in the Formigueiro Village, which is within the Morro Branco Indigenous Land, in Grajaú. On the way out of the event, she was raped. The suspect of committing the crime, also indigenous, was arrested days later.
The Civil Police are continuings to investigate Shakira's death to identify the circumstances of the drowning.
Shakira's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/shakiracosta.silvio.
https://oimparcial.com.br/noticias/2025/04/corpo-de-indigena-e-encontrado-no-rio-grajau-no-maranhao/
https://bsky.app/profile/g1-news.bsky.social/post/3lmalqhnp362w
