US EditionViral video of her torture shocked Colombia. The killings didn’t stop there
COLOMBIA, AUG 6 – Nearly 50 queer and trans people have been killed in Colombia this year amid violent social cleansing campaigns targeting LGBTQ individuals, authorities say.
- Trans woman Sara Millerey was killed on April 5 near Medellin, and cell phone footage of her assault went viral in Colombia.
- Millerey's killing was part of ongoing anti-LGBTQ violence amidst a recent surge in territorial clashes and hate crimes in Colombia.
- Local ultraconservative paramilitary roots and armed groups have fueled violent campaigns against LGBTQ people, including flyers with kill lists in Guajira.
- Rights group Caribe Afirmativo reported nearly 50 queer and trans killings this year, with only 3 of 155 investigations reaching verdicts last year.
- Millerey's death sparked political condemnation and a bill named after her to improve prosecution of anti-LGBTQ crimes, but arrests remain rare.
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Her name was Sara Millerey González. A chilling video, viralized on social networks, exposed the brutality of a crime that has shaken Colombian society. Sara, known as “La Millerey”, 32 years old, was tortured and killed in a ravine in Bello, near Medellín, last weekend. No one helped her while she was being recorded, when she drowned, with broken arms and legs, unable to swim. According to the Human Rights Observatory of the Affirmative Caribbe…
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