Two transgender women and a gay man were murdered in Guatemala in three separate attacks. All of which occurred within one week during Pride month.Andrea González, a 28-year-old activist and leader of the organisation Otrans Reinas de la Noche (Queens of the Night) was shot only metres from her home in Guatemala city on June 11.
In the months leading up to her death, González told authorities that she had been receiving death threats. Cecy Ixpatá also received death threats before her murder on June 9, two days before the death of González.