Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Young man tortured and killed at party in Cancun after revealing he was HIV positive

A young gay man was tortured, burned, and killed when he revealed that he was HIV-positive last weekend in Cancun, an organization that defends the LGBTTI + community in the State reported on Tuesday.

According to representatives of the Resilientxs organization, which announced the case last Saturday, the victim was at a party in Cancun in which he revealed his HIV status when attendees allegedly tortured him, burned him, and finally murdered him.

"The victim was killed in a blacksmith shop; he was beaten, tortured, burned . . .

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