A transgender activist who was deported to Honduras in July after seeking asylum in the United States shot dead by gunmen on October 18.
Melissa Nunez, 42, was killed in Morocelí, 40 miles east of the capital Tegucigalpa, by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles, local media reported. . “
Police said Nunez dropped off friends and left his home talking on a cellphone when he fired, according to The Associated Press. “The reason for the crime is believed to be a private challenge to enemies,” police spokesman Miguel Carranza said. Said. Nunez’s sister, Glenda de Jesus Nunez, said Nunez lived in the United States for about 25 years before visiting a circle of relatives in Honduras.
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Indyra Mendoza, general coordinator of Cattrachas, a lesbian feminist organization founded in Tegucigalpa, said Núñez returned to Honduras in December 2021, but tried to return to the United States in July, when she was denied entry. time, after many years in New York. Mendoza told the Washington Blade that Nunez had sought asylum in the United States but did not know on what grounds.
An initial investigation indicated that Nunez had been killed by two bullets to the head, Mendoza told Sin Miedo.
According to Cattrachas, Núñez is the 34th LGBTQ user killed in Honduras this year. “They keep killing us, they keep violating our rights,” said Danny Reyes, who is part of the LGBTQ advocacy organization Rainbow Movement. The Honduran government is doing everything it can to start ensuring social justice. “
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“Violence in Honduras continues to increase,” said Merlin Eguigure, coordinator of the Women for Peace Visitación Padilla movement. “The government decrees a state of emergency over this issue. “
Trans friends and advocates gathered in Queens last month at a candlelight vigil hosted through Make the Road New York. The Corona Plaza rally in Queens featured photos of Nunez and symptoms with messages such as “#NoOneMore!Stop killing us!”, “#JusticeforMelissa and “No trans women in Central America”.
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Nuñez “fought for trans communities to be able to march in public without being harassed by police, to decriminalize sex work, to create more protections for all immigrant communities,” Make the Road New York said in a statement. In action to end the incarceration and deportation of our trans sisters now.
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