Months after Kenya Cuevas' friend was slain in front of her, a funeral wreath with Cuevas' name on it arrived at her doorstep. The implication was clear: Keep making noise about murdered transgender women and you'll be next. Mexico has become the world's second deadliest country after
1 / 18Mexico Transgender ViolenceIn this Aug. 17, 2019 photo, and LCD monitors displays images from a home security camera system as trans rights activist Kenya Cuevas prepares to go out, in Chalco, Mexico. Mexico has become the world's second deadliest country after Brazil for transgender people. MEXICO CITY — Months after Kenya Cuevas' friend was slain in front of her, a funeral wreath with Cuevas' name on it arrived at her doorstep.
Cuevas became an activist on Sept. 29, 2016. That night, her friend and fellow transgender sex worker Paola Buenrostro got into a client's Nissan and was shot multiple times. When Cuevas ran to the car's passenger side, the man pointed the gun at her head and pulled the trigger. The weapon jammed. "When that happened to Paola, I protested and I did it publicly, asking for justice the entire time," Cuevas said."I don't want special treatment. Just give me justice — do your job."
That change was pushed for in part by the activist group ProDiana, which is led by Diana Sánchez Barrios. "We went to the funerals of murdered friends and the families didn't want us there," Sánchez said."We have to be very far from certain relationships in our friends' lives." Most recently, on Aug. 13, a transgender woman died from eight stab wounds in Mexico City, local media reported. Her attacker escaped and police have named no suspects.
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