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Trans woman drowned in ravine as people filmed her and told others 'don't help her' (video)

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A trans woman drowned while people filmed and refused to save her because of her gender identity.

Sara Millerey González was r@ped, had her arms and legs broken before being thrown into Colombian river, according to Amnesty International.

On April 4, her body was found in the La García ravine that winds through the Playa Rica neighbourhood of Bella.

Officials believe she was beaten by locals, possibly with ties to criminal gangs.

At about 3pm, Sara’s mother, Sandra Borja, received a phone call from her sister telling her that her daughter was drowning in a creek.

She found Sara clinging to a branch, the muddy waters of the river crashing against her back.

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Rather than help, a group of locals were filming her plead for help on their phones.

Those filming told passersby not to help Sara, a relative told El Colombiano.

"There were some guys standing there, also with their cell phones recording what was happening to her, and they said not to help her," they recalled.


"So there was fear of intervening for fear of being shot. It was necessary for the police to intervene."

The video of Sara drowning went viral on social media.

The clip appeared to show someone in knee-high muddy water, her face visibly wounded, flailing around and unable to move their arms.

"My first reaction was to throw myself into the river," the victim's mother, Sandra, told EL PAÍS.

"I shouted to her: 'Sweetheart, sweetheart, hold tight, hold on to that branch!'"

"Mum, I’m going to die," Sara told Sandra.

Sara was rescued by firefighters who took her to La María Hospital in central Bello, but she d!ed the following day, having developed hyperthermia. Her lungs were punctured and she suffered two cardiac arrests.

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She was 32. Dozens attended her funeral on April 8.

The government has offered 50 million pesos (about £8,800) for information about Sara’s de@
th.

President Gustavo Petro described Sara’s de@th as "fascism".

"I’m criticised for speaking about Nazism. I know perfectly well that fascism is the violent elimination of human differences: political, religious, ethnic, sexual freedom," he posted on X.

"What happened in Bello is called fascism, because there are Nazis in Colombia."

"She was the victim of an atrocious and hateful act," added Bello Mayor Lorena González Ospina on X.

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Ospina said that the video of Sara fighting for her life going viral underscores the "indifference" some people have towards trans lives.

"We cannot allow transphobia to keep taking lives in silence," she said.


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Why trans for God sake??

If they don't like shim, why did they rape shim...?

He was raped in the anus...still died. Nawa o.

Oyibo and payback!

Na drug cartels run the matter...case closed

May her soul rest in peace 🙏🏾

illicit:
If they don't like her, why did they rape her...?

...

This is heartbreaking. Lack of human conscience or empathy is a mental illness that should be taken seriously. Which is worse between a transgender and a rapist?

local could not av helped him/her... na cartel property already

Ringstonermasks:
local could not av helped him/her... na cartel property already

@Dominique

With all due respect,

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He has even once impersonated you in the past,and I exposed him

This is is latest account,

Please help us remove the nuisance from our great forum,

Thank you ma.

That was a barbaric and unacceptable act right there. Even though some of us frown at LGBTQ and the rest, we shouldn't allow this kind of inhumane act in our society.

Cartel issues

Such is life.

Speechless with a lot to say. This is a grey area but........

Undiluted evil

So they had the guts to rape her and crucify her for being trans..

My brain is yet to tally with the use of the pronoun "her" on a transgender woman

How did they know the person was raped though?? No mention of autopsy or running rape kit.

I feel indifferent about this case sha. An individual who was living a life contrary to societal norms (LGBT) killed by others who were already living against societal norms (gang members)

Which is the greater danger?

He doesn't deserve this treatment. I don't support LBGTQ

This is inhumane and sad...!

Equally annoying is constantly calling "Him" as "Her".

Who can save us except Jesus?

what!?

Hellfaya straight

What a terrible world. Rest on sis.

Lately people would rather film you while you are need help than to render help

LeeSmart:
That was a barbaric and unacceptable act right there. Even though some of us frown at LGBTQ and the rest, we shouldn't allow this kind of inhumane act in our society.

Slowly and steady, we are losing what makes us human.

Bible prophecies are coming true. Love of many would wax cold

LGBT or not, no one deserves to die like without committing any crime against the government/person(s)