The Repudiation for the Murder of Nawar Jiménez, Trans Leader of El Carmen De Bolívar

“How many more victims do they have to take their lives for the authorities and the Colombian State to take action?” is questioned by the Caribbean Affirmative Human Rights Observatory in a public statement issued on Thursday. That reaction reflects the outrage after the murder of Nawar Jiménez, a trans leader and human rights defender in the municipality of El Carmen de Bolívar, in Los Montes de María, one of the hardest hit regions in the hist…

The Canal Telemontes de María reported that Nawar Jiménez was found in a ditch in “the roundabout that from El Carmen leads to [vereda] San Jacinto”, on Thursday, May 22. In the accompanying photo you can see her body face down and dressed in black. She was a trans woman, victim of the armed conflict, leader of community proceedings in the department of Bolívar, particularly in El Carmen, San Jacinto and San Juan. Nawar also participated activel…

Mexico City, Mexico.- Colombian trans leader Nawar Jiménez was murdered this week in her native municipality of El Carmen de Bolívar, in the north of the country, denounced on Thursday the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz). With her death, there are already 66 social leaders murdered in Colombia so far this year, according to the organization. Trans activist Nawar Jiménez was murdered in Bolívar; organizations denounce imp…

The young woman was murdered between the municipalities of San Jacinto and Carmen de Bolívar, in the Montes de María.