A trans woman named Alize Díaz is murdered on the southern border of Mexico

• Alize Díaz was murdered in Mexico
• There is wave of hate crimes and transfemicides in Mexico
• She was shot twice

On Friday, LGBTQ+ activists protested the transfemicide of Alize Díaz in Tapachula, on the southern border of Mexico.

This comes amidst a wave of hate crimes with more than a dozen trans people killed in the country so far this year.

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Rosemberg López Samayoa, president of the organization Una Mano Amiga en la Lucha Contra El Sida in Tapachula, denounced the murder in a statement.

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LGBTQ+ activists demand justice for Alize Díaz

Rosemberg López Samayoa reported that unknown individuals took the 26-year-old woman from the bar where she worked, then beat her, slammed her to the ground and caused her to hemorrhage.

According to witnesses, they stripped off Alize Díaz’s top and suffocated her with it before ultimately shooting and killing her.

López Samayoa demanded that the Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Chiapas investigate the incident as a transfemicide, given the increasing number of hate crimes in Mexico.

«Today we raise our voice demanding justice for Alize,» said the LGBTQ+ activist.

A wave of violence against trans people in Mexico

«But we continue to raise our voice and demand justice for all murders and hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ population, no more crimes and no more violence,» he said.

The incident occurs amidst a wave of violence against trans people in Mexico, where the organization Jauría Trans has counted at least 11 transfemicides so far in 2024.

«We denounce this horrendous and violent transfemicide in Tapachula, Chiapas. We demand justice for Alize Díaz,» the association stated on social media.

While Una Mano Amiga en la Lucha Contra El Sida pointed out that the figure could exceed 20 murders.

Mexico has the second highest rate of LGBTQ+ hate crimes in Latin America

This is because the media and authorities don’t always respect the gender identity of the victims.

There have been legal advances, with nearly 20 states legislating the right to change one’s gender identity.

But still, Mexico has the second highest rate of LGBTQ+ hate crimes in Latin America.

Brazil is the first, according to the National Observatory of LGBT Hate Crimes of the Arcoíris Foundation.