The suspect was arrested in the brutal killing of the transit woman who was thrown into the Creek in Colombia

The Colombian police arrested a suspect on Wednesday in the brutal killing of a transgender woman who was thrown into Khor with broken parties in the crime of hatred that sparked angry protests in the country of South America.

Sarah Melry, 32, died in the hospital after being out of the creek by firefighters, but not before passing by a video of her drowning, and circulated it online.

The attack, which occurred in Belo, near the western city of Midelin in the Antiukia section, caused the flow of shock, anger and fear in transit society.

Sandra Borja, Sarah’s mother, Spray She was with her daughter at her last moment.

“I kneeled, hugged her, and told her that I love her so much,” she told the newspaper. “I told her that she would be with God, because no one in heaven would have been or distinguish against her because she was.”

Police said on Wednesday that they had arrested a first suspect and a member of a gang, who is now accused of torture and strict killing, and a 70 -year prison sentence.

President Gustavo Petro condemned the crime that he said was committed by the “people’s ignorance” who tried to “erase the differences” between individuals.

The Office of the Secretary of Grievances in Colombia said that 13 heterogeneous women have been killed in the country until now this year. However, the Washington office in Latin America, cited data from Caribativo NGOs, was martyred. I mentioned More than 24 LGBTQ+ have been killed in Colombia so far in 2025.

“This number is fewer because many LGBTQ+ cases are not appointed in this way,” the Foundation said.

In 2024, the official number was 31.

Grievance Secretary office also reported 258 cases of violence against members of the LGBTQI community last year – an increase of 23 % in 2023.

There was a special rise in Antiukia, the birthplace of the famous drug Pablo Escobar, according to Cariba Affermativo.

Hate crimes in the region “represent nearly half of the national total.”

Congress discusses a draft law that seeks to promote transgender people and tighten sanctions on hate crimes committed against them.