Jessica Xantomila and Jared Laureles
The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, August 5, 2024, p. 12
Kenya Duarte and Karla Pérez, transgender women, disappeared on September 18, 2020 in Zapopan, Jalisco, but almost four years after the events, the investigations have not progressed and there is no clue as to what could have happened to them, despite the existence of an Urgent Action by the UN for the Mexican State to act quickly, their relatives denounced.
For this reason, and because of the discrimination they have suffered as members of the sexual diversity, this case is one of those that have been presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) as a contribution to the preparation of the thematic report it is preparing on the disappearance of persons in Mexico.
The organization Idheas, which accompanies the families, sent information to the IACHR on the disappearance of people transwhich indicated that between November 17, 2017 and June 4, 2024, 43 cases have been documented, according to requests for information required from state prosecutors.
The document indicated that of that total, 18 are women. trans18 men trans and in seven the gender identity of the victims is not specified. The states where the highest incidence of these disappearances is recorded are Zacatecas, Mexico City, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Michoacan, Jalisco and Oaxaca.
She warned that one of the main obstacles to access to justice is that in most cases the authorities refuse to follow protocols and respect gender identity. “People trans They face re-victimization and discrimination when reporting,” said Idheas.
He also stated that there is a lack of Application of a gender and intersectional approach, both in the search for and in the investigation of disappearances
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