Latin America’s first nonbinary judge found dead in Mexico home
Authorities in Mexico’s Aguascalientes state on Monday found Latin America’s first nonbinary judge dead in their home. The Associated Press reported Jesús Ociel Baena’s body was discovered next to another person who media reports and an LGBTQ rights group identified as their partner.
State prosecutor Jesús Figueroa Ortega told reporters during a press conference the two victims showed signs they had been stabbed.
Aguascalientes state is located in central Mexico. The AP reported Baena in October 2022 became a magistrate on Aguascalientes’ electoral court.
Baena in June was one of the first people in Mexico to receive a passport with a nonbinary gender marker. Violence based on gender identity and sexual orientation remain commonplace in Mexico.
