Tiffany, a 25-year-old trans woman, Venezuelan migrant and sex worker was murdered after being stabbed in the chest early this Sunday at the local market on Simón Bolívar Avenue in Valledupar, Cesar department in Colombia.
The information was confirmed via Twitter by the Affirmative Caribbean Human Rights Observatory, where Tiffany was recognized as one of the most outstanding leaders in the group of trans migrant women from Medellín.
The young Venezuelan entered the early morning of April 18 at a nearby clinic, where her death was determined and her body was transferred to Legal Medicine.
According to the first reports, Tiffany was allegedly murdered by another member of the LGBTI community with whom she had disputes at her workplace. The authorities are carrying out the corresponding investigation to determine the cause of the homicide and the perpetrator, reports the Colombian newspaper El Espectador.
“In the capital of Antioquia, Tiffany’s participation was very significant, since without any fear she took the floor to discuss and expose the main problems of the city, to the point that she made visible and allowed the management to benefit all people. LGBT located in the center of Medellin, with emphasis on those who practiced sex work”, expresses the Observatory of Human Rights Caribbean Affirmative.
Similarly, this Human Rights Observatory points out that with the murder of Tiffany there are already two violent deaths of LGBT people in Valledupar so far in 2022 and that between 2020 and 2021 in the department of Cesar there were 10 femicides, of which which 3 went to trans women.
They also denounce that in Valledupar “since 2020 there have been systematic violations of the rights of trans women (…) with acts of violence related to physical aggression, control of public space by hooded individuals, threats and displacement of women, as well as an apparent cruelty of violence against trans migrant women”.
The Affirmative Caribbean Human Rights Observatory calls on the Colombian Attorney General’s Office “to quickly carry out a pertinent investigation and clarify the facts, corroborating or ruling out prejudicial motives and taking into account the panorama exposed by this social organization” .
“In the same way, we urge the administrative authorities, such as the Government of Cesar and the Mayor’s Office of Valledupar, to undertake joint actions to prevent violence against LGBT people and the non-stigmatization of sex work and the Venezuelan migrant population living in the territories,” demands the Affirmative Caribbean Human Rights Observatory.
According to the Trans Community Network, there are already 8 trans women murdered in Colombia during the first four months of 2022 and according to Andra Hernández, representative of the Trans Action and Support Group Foundation (GAAT), the estimated lifespan of trans people is 27 years old, according to El Espectador.
