Francisco Cadavid
Age 6421 Apr 2025
Medellín, Antioquia (Colombia)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tgeu/tdor2025/21-Apr-2025/Francisco Cadavid
Francisco's body was found in his home with head wounds. His death is being investigated as a murder.
The death of 64-year-old Francisco Cadavid, whose body was found in a home in the Sevilla neighborhood of Medellín's Commune 4 - Aranjuez, has generated profound consternation and alarm among LGBTQ+ human rights defenders. Community leaders have confirmed that Francisco was a trans person and have denounced that his death could be a hate crime and gender-based persecution.
According to preliminary information, Francisco Cadavid died from multiple blows to the head. LGBTQ+ groups have indicated that, with this death, Francisco becomes the 31st victim of homophobic violence in the country so far this year, and the 15th in the department of Antioquia, figures that reflect a worrying trend.
While the police continue their investigation to clarify the exact motives for this crime and determine whether it was indeed an act of violence motivated by the victim's gender identity, the LGBTQ+ community is demanding justice and urgent measures to stem the growing wave of violence affecting them in the region.
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