Homophobic murder in Chile

They kill in Chile a boy of 19 years for being gay

GAYLES.TV.- Last Tuesday, in the Puente Alto commune (Chile), Felipe Olguín Gómez was murdered. The young man of 19 years who lived with his partner had received threats and insults on different occasions. «He had already received threats and ridicule for being gay. It was a homophobic and evil act»One of his friends pointed out.

«Maricón, little woman!»The homophobic aggressors snapped at him near the Persian Biobío. Threats and insults began there, as his mother recounts Rosa Gómez. After that discussion the aggressor and a second subject went ahead by bus to wait for Felipe at a bus stop near his home and stab him in the chest to death. Family and friends reported the murder to him Movement of Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movlh).

The funeral took place in the Sacramental Cemetery of San Bernardo and 100 attended people who wanted to fire Felipe. The president of Movil, Gonzalo Velásquez, present at the event, wanted to express «all our solidarity to the friends and relatives of Felipe, a young man who, everyone agrees, never hurt anyone, but suffered for much of his life teasing, bullying and harassment just for his guidance. We are very shocked because in Chile continue to occur these abuses that violate the most basic human right, life".

And he added that in the coming days "we will guide the family, to take all necessary legal actions, find the truth and punish those responsible, with the application of the Zamudio Law as an aggravating circumstance”. "There is a lot of pain in the family and in their friends. Only justice can alleviate this damage. We call on society not to be indifferent to this type of crime, to be more empathetic and to show solidarity. Hate crimes deserve the most total and cross-rejection", Finished the Movil.