![]() One of the murderers is a minor, for which he was sentenced to three years of internment and psychological treatment, after serving his sentence was released in 2015 while another of those responsible remains a fugitive from justice.Īgnes was a leading psychologist, lecturer and human rights advocate who fought for legal recognition of the gender identity of transgender people. Thanks to the investigations carried out by the Office of Kidnapping and High Impact Crimes (FISDAI), those responsible were identified, who were apprehended in Yucatan, a state they escaped after murdering the transgender woman. Subsequently, the perpetrators stole his car, burned it and abandoned it in the streets of Puebla. ![]() Once Agnes arrived at the meeting place, she was subdued, killed and her body abandoned in a ravine. The investigations undertaken by the Attorney General's Office indicated that Agnes was murdered by five men she knew and who, to assault her, deceived her by inviting her to a party. Six years after her death Marco Antonio Berra Spezzia and Luis Fernando Bueno Mozzoco were both sentenced to 35 years in prison, and Agustín Flores Zechinelliy to 23. Enough of impunity, of homophobicides, transfobicides and lesbophobicides. The authorities and the institutions have to take action on the matter once and for all. We do not want to feel helpless, in abandonment and legal helplessness. "We demand from the authorities the immediate investigation of the murder of Agnes Torres Sulca. ![]() Learned violence, fomented violence, violence against a woman. "We also express that we are dismayed, hurt, indignant, and sad for the crime and feel powerless because once again a valuable person has succumbed to the most brutal gender violence. "We condemn this crime against her: the academic, the psychologist, the educator, the model and the activist for the Human Rights of women in general and of all sexual diversity," the rights organization said in a statement. The organization "Vida Plena de Puebla" asked in its statement that the murder of Agnes Torres be solved "in a way as if they had killed the wife or mother or the daughter of a governor, a legislator or a prosecutor." Her murder caused an outcry which led to reform of the Social Defense Code and the drafting of "Agnes Law" - a reform to article 751 of the Code of Civil Procedures which sought to give legal certainty to the transgender community, as well as extending the guarantees of legal protection. It is thought that before being killed she had been beaten and burned on one arm and the side of the chest.Īgnes was a psychologist, lecturer and activist for LGBT+ rights. TDoR list ref: tgeu/Mar-2012/Agnes TorresĪgnes Torres Hernández Sulca Īgnes' body was found decapitated in a ravine near a highway. TDoR 2012 / 2012 / March / 10 / Agnes Torres Hernández SulcaĪgnes Torres Hernández SulcaAge 35 (born )
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