Mexican LGBTQ+ figure found dead at home after receiving death threats

Source: Associated Press

Mexican LGBTQ+ figure found dead at home after receiving death threats

BY MEGAN JANETSKY
Updated 5:14 PM EST, November 13, 2023

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico was found dead in their home Monday in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes after receiving death threats because of their gender identity, authorities said.

The Aguascalientes state prosecutor’s office confirmed that Jesús Ociel Baena was found dead Monday morning next to another person, who local media and LGBTQ+ rights groups identified as their partner.

State prosecutor Jesús Figueroa Ortega said in a news conference that the victims displayed injuries apparently caused by a knife or some other sharp object.

“There are no signs or indications to be able to determine that a third person other than the dead was at the site of the crime,” he said.

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