:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/3YTVKZINCJDG5LVXENISAIBIXY.jpg "A trans activist has denounced being beaten and threatened for protesting at the CDMX congress")
There activist for the rights of transsexuals, Victoria Samanodenounced on social networks that she had been raped by the staff of the Mexico Congressafter successfully entering the premises for manifest against one initiative of a deputy of the National Action Party (PAN).
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It was in the afternoon of February 21 that a group of demonstrators belonging to the community LGBTIQ+ They gathered in front of the town hall located in the streets of the historic center, to denounce that the legislator America Rangel presented an initiative that violates the rights of trans people.
The initiative they are seeking to abandon proposes that the minors cannot undergo sex change operations and those who carry out such procedures could be punished with imprisonment.
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Because of the above, they demonstrated in front of Congress with banners, painting and breaking glass, seeking to enter the plenary to continue the protest and be heard by deputies.
However, once the activist has managed to enter Victoria Samano Along with another trans woman, the attacks by congressional security personnel in the capital began.
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According to videos circulating on social media, the two trans women managed to reach one of the doors that gives access to the plenary session, but before they could open it, a subject in a white shirt and black pants pushed one of them, which makes her are made of insults.
“Are you going to hit me? You can’t hit me, silly,” the activist was heard saying.
After a few pushes and try again to enter through one of the doors that lead to the plenary the two trans women seem to give up and they approach the exit. However, before they can leave, are sprayed in the face with fire extinguisherscausing them to back up and move erratically around the hall.
They later attempt to leave the legislative precinct but are detained by Homeland Security personnel.
According to Victoria Sámano, after the confrontation, it resulted multiple wounds in the legs, the injured feet from the blows they gave him with the fire extinguisher, kicks in the ribs and threats. He also said it was “deprived of liberty” about an hour in the enclosure.
“I need help,” he said
The activist assured via social networks that because of what happened lodged the corresponding complaints with the public prosecutor’s office general of justice of the capital and human rights bodies, alleging that Mexico City It is not a place of rights as the head of government presumes, Claudia Sheinbaum.
On the other hand, the Administrative Council of the Congress informed through a press release that the session was suspended for security reasons, since three demonstrators had entered the premises, attacking the security personnel, who “They activated the internal protocol without violating to any protester.”
“During these events, one of the demonstrators suffered minor injuries from a fall on the windows that the demonstrators themselves broke, leaving them on the ground,” they pointed out.
the deputy America Rangel assured that a group of people tried to physically assault him in Congress, so thanked local security personnel for having ensured its integrity, and that “Violence is not and never will be the solution.”
It should be noted that the trans activist, after having denounced the attacks blamed the government of the capital before anything that could happen to him, since he also received threats.
“My body is still full of chemical dust that was thrown on my face and the beatings that @Congreso_CdMex security elements gave me, today not only does my body hurt but my soul for not being sure . I will not be silent @Claudiashein @martibatres your city is not a city of rights,” he said.