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Thomas Graham in Mexico City

Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City

A very heavily made-up person, with painted-on eyebrows, bright pink lips and eyelids, and outrageously large eyelashes, with long brown hair.
An activist celebrates the approval of the 'Paola Buenrostro law' in Mexico City, Mexico, on 18 July 2024. Photograph: Mario Guzman/EPA

When the trans sex worker Paola Buenrostro was killed by a client in Mexico City, her friend Kenya Cuevas grabbed the man to stop him fleeing and recorded the scene as police arrived amid sirens, screams and red and blue lights.

Despite the footage and witness testimonies, a judge considered there was insufficient evidence to hold the man and released him after 48 hours, since which time he has been on the run.

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