The case of the murder of Sara Millerey González, a woman from the trans community whose death shocked Colombia, has revealed new and chilling details, because in total there were five people who would have assaulted the young woman before throwing her into a ravine.
The Attorney General of the Nation presented blunt evidence against Juan Camilo Muñoz Gaviria, known as aka Teta, captured for his alleged participation in the crime that occurred in the municipality of Bello, Antioquia.
during a reserved audience, and of which Week He revealed some details, videos of security cameras were exposed that show aka Teta hitting the victim brutally, an aggression that caused the death caused death.
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According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the analysis of more than 126 hours of recordings and multiple interviews with witnesses allowed to identify others involved in the murder. In addition to Alias Teta, there are already two captured people and two others that have been identified, although they have not yet been arrested.
All of them will be charged with aggravated homicide and torture. However, the victims’ lawyer, Saúl León, requested that the charges be modified to aggravated femicide, arguing that the crime should be recognized as an act of gender violence.
This petition was rejected by the Prosecutor’s Officewhich argued that the murder was not motivated by Sara Millerey’s gender identity, but by disputes related to territorial control exercised by the criminal gang El Mesa, and of which Alias Teta is a member.
The crime occurred in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Bello, an area where the band El Mesa has a strong presence. According to the investigations, Sara Millerey was attacked and subsequently thrown into a ravine in this sector.
The Prosecutor’s Office explained that the mobile of the murder would be linked to the territorial control activities carried out by this criminal organization, and discards according to its analysis, that the attack was related to an act of discrimination due to its gender identity.
Alias Teta, who denied his responsibility during the hearing, faces a judicial process that has generated great media and social attention not only in the department of Antioquia, but of the entire country and the American continent.
The evidence against him, such as security videos, are considered key to the progress of the case. Meanwhile, the authorities continue to work to capture the others involved and completely clarify the facts.
The murder of Sara Millerey has revealed the violence facing trans people not only in Colombia, but is the reality of thousands of people throughout the planet, as well as the challenges in recognizing these crimes as femicides.
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