On Friday afternoon, the Criminal Court (TOC) No. 2 of the city of La Plata sentenced Luis Alberto Ramos to life imprisonment for the murder of Tehuel de la Torre.
For the judges Claudio Joaquin Bernard, Silvia Hoerr y Ramiro Fernandezthe accused is guilty of the crime of Homicide qualified as a hate crime based on gender identity.
Through the evidence, the death of Tehuel at home Ramoslocated in the town of Alejandro Korn . There the witnesses saw the victim for the last time. There he had gone Tehuel with the promise that he would give him work as a waiter.
The other accused is Oscar Alfredo Montesfriend of Ramoswho requested a jury trial, which has not yet been scheduled.
In the Courts of the capital of Buenos Aires Norma Nahuelcuramother of Tehuelwas accompanied by relatives of victims of trigger-happy police violence.
This is not just a hate crime, but a “testimony” of how sexist, homophobic, and lesbian/transphobic violence, always protected by the police and other state institutions, threatens the lives of young people immersed in poverty, in addition to identity-based orientation.
In the case of Tehuelas soon as her disappearance was reported, Buenos Aires Policeat that time in charge of the minister Sergio BerniIt took several days to start looking for him. The responsibility of the provincial government and the government of Axel Kicillof from the very beginning is undeniable.
Next to @PanyRosas_Arg y @LuanaSimioni present at the sentencing in the trial for Tehuel de La Torre. We continue to demand justice and say that the State is responsible! We continue to ask ourselves: where is Tehuel? pic.twitter.com/9BMoTElvwT
— @LauCano (@LauCano10) August 30, 2024
Hate crimes and attacks increased during 2024. According to the LGBT Hate Crimes Observatorywas 133 crimes of hatred where the sexual orientation and the gender identity were used as a pretext to attack the victims.
Failure in the trial for #TehuelLuis Ramos was found guilty of homicide aggravated by hatred of gender identity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Tehuel de la Torre PRESENT!
The State is responsible pic.twitter.com/xchdPnAaV5— Mariadiazreck (@Mariadiazreck) August 30, 2024
The disappearance and death of Tehuel They crudely showed the life that trans and transvestite people go through. In addition to systematic discrimination and harassment by repressive forces, there is a lack of access to work with rights, health, education and decent housing. It is enough to remember the recent Medieval words of the Minister of Justice of the Nation, Mariano Cúneo Libarona of the last few days.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
