Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Police mistreat trans woman during Puerto Vallarta Pride Week

During the early hours of Monday, a female commander on board the PV-336 patrol apprehended a trans woman by the name of Lorena Amor Barajas Espinoza, who claims she was not informed of the reason she was being arrested.

Lorena clarifies in her testimony that the commander, in a disrespectful and sarcastic manner, referred to her using masculine pronouns, she asked for respect and presented her identification with her female name and sex.

The commander replied "For me, you are still a man"; Lorena asked once again to show respect and stop committing acts of transphobia and homophobia, since . . .

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