he mexico state has taken an important step in protecting the rights of trans population By approving the classification of transfemicide As a crime, the following penalties are imposed: 93 years and 4 months in prison.
This reform was promoted by the Deputy Minister Luisa Esmeralda Navarro Hernandez As a brunette, I don’t just want to look good. hate crime It ensures effective access to justice as well as violence against gender diversity.
Amendments to the Mexican State Penal Code incorporating estimates from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inagi) About the existence of 85,000 to 170,000 people transgender people The entity defines transfemicide as the act of: take the life of a trans woman or against a person whose gender identity or gender expression is recognized as female, where the reason lies precisely in gender identity or expression in the context of discrimination.
Legislative documents state that, at least in 2020, 16 transgender murder cases The state has the following penalties: 40 to 70 years in prison And the Fines of 700 to 5,000 days For those who committed this crime.
The fine will increase by up to one-third if the victim: minor or if the person responsible is an individual; civil servant For those who commit a crime by taking advantage of their position, the maximum penalty will be increased to 93 years and four months in prison. 6,666 days is fine. Additionally, if applicable, the responsible party loses civil and family rights with respect to the victim, including inheritance rights.
In the council, Esmeralda Navarro emphasized the importance of this reform by stating: name reality“But it is committed to fighting the impunity that has denied us existence for years.”
Mr. Navarro congratulated the state of Mexico on becoming a nation. 6th organization in the country to recognize this crime and thanked the governor for his support. Delfina Gomez Alvarez and the deputy Jose Francisco Vasquez RodriguezChair of the Political Coordination Committee, for supporting the gender diversity community.
The judgment specifies that the victim will take into account reasons of gender identity or expression. Signs of sexual violence defamatory, degrading, or cuttingwhether before or after the deprivation of life, or who has been the subject of an act of deprivation of life. necrophilia.
Furthermore, the precedents and symptoms are domestic violencethe institutional, political, community, workplace or school that the perpetrator exercises, as well as the existence of sentimental, emotional, subordination or trust relationships between the victim and the perpetrator.
Other preconditions included in the reform cover kinship as follows: consanguinity, affinity Either Civil matter; displaying, displaying, storing, or disposing of human remains in public places; Dissemination, publication or transmission of the crime or the remains of the victim via information or communication technologies. And the existence of Signs of cruelty Relating to gender identity or expression as manifested in the victim’s person or personal property specific to that identity.
reason Gender identity or expression There is testimony or evidence that the perpetrator has expressed rejection or hatred towards the victim because of the victim’s gender identity or expression; the victim has been stripped of a distinctive element of his or her identity; the victim’s personal property has been exchanged for items associated with the opposite sex; or the perpetrator has explicitly justified the crime on the basis of the victim’s gender identity or expression.
During the deliberations, the lawmakers Paola Jimenez Hernandez, Zaira Cedillo Silva, Selina Trujillo Arizmendi and Itzel Daniela Ballesteros Relaisas well as members of Congress. Edgar Samuel Rios Moreno, rome francisco cortes lugo and Octavio Martinez VargasThey all have black hair and are next to the senator. Yareli Anay Esparza Acevedo PT members agreed that there is an urgent need for legislation to protect historically violated areas. They emphasized that the category of transfemicide constitutes a recognition and response to the violence faced by gender diversity in today’s society.
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