A young gay man was killed at a party in a Cancun resort after saying he had HIV
A young gay man was beaten, tortured, burned and killed after revealing that he was HIV. The events occurred last Saturday at a party in the spa of Cancun, Mexico). The victim allegedly had sexual relations with another guest and when she said she lived with HIV he was assassinated in a blacksmith shop near the party.
«He had many stab wounds", said to Edwin reyes, representative of the organization resilient. "This case has generated us a lot of anger because we are in the month that commemorates the pride of our community and in which rights are requested and claimed"He added.
Hate crime
After learning of the case, the holder of the Quintana Roo Human Rights Commission, Marco Antonio Tóh, condemned the hate crime. In addition, he reported that General Office in Cancun will carry out the corresponding procedures to see that justice is done in the case and urged the authorities to investigate with a gender perspective so that the crime does not go unpunished.
According to the organization Letter S, Mexico registry 79 murders against people from the community LGBT + en 2020. Of these, 43 of them were homicides of trans women. 
