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In a caravan, family and friends of Juliana Giraldo Díaz came to the central cemetery of Jamundí to say goodbye.
“I never came to imagine that I would go through this great pain of losing my daughter in such a cruel way, I still do not assimilate this, it seems to me that everything is a lie “, said Gloria Díaz, her mother.
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Hundreds of people gathered in that municipality and with messages of love, white flower balloons and waving LGTBI flags, they paid tribute to the 36-year-old transgender woman, who was killed last Thursday, September 24 at the hands of a soldier on the road. to Miranda, Cauca.
“We are deeply sorry that this has happened, Juliana was a Jamundeña, recognized in the municipality, decent people, hard-working, calm, who worked, good people and without a doubt we all feel them and more so in the circumstances in which they happened ”, expressed Jorge Iván Mejía, Jamundí’s official.
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The Personero pointed out that many members of the Public Force and the Police believe that they have “the power to take action against those who consider them pertinent, thanks to the support generated by the Government.” However, he added, that despite this, we must not respond with violent acts or “be angry at them.”
“The most serious of the case is that according to versions, Juliana had already been teased and discrimination by some members of the Public Force in that sector, ”said the Personero.
His mother Gloria, who traveled from Spain thanks to a humanitarian flight; her sister Aura María, her partner Francisco Larrañaga, who was at the events; and her pet ‘Junior’, her faithful companion for many years, were there, accompanying her on that last trip.
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“His steps and ours are weaving territories of peace”, is the message that is read in one of the posters that paraded this Sunday through the streets of this municipality in the south of Valle del Cauca.
The mayor of Jamundí, Andrés Felipe Ramírez, was the one who led the management of the humanitarian flight so that the mother could see her daughter for the last time.
“When I arrived in Cali, a pickup from the mayor’s office was waiting for me and when I got home, the mayor came to greet me, to give me his condolences. He has been very supportive, ”added Gloria.
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the least guilty person is the soldier who killed my daughter
Although she has pain in her heart, the grieving mother says she does not hold a grudge.
“There are guilty and I hope that justice is done, but the least guilty person is the soldier who killed my daughter. These boys are victims of pressure, suffer, endure hunger and mistreat them, “said the mother after arriving from Spain.
Everyone remembers Juliana as an enterprising and charismatic woman.
“She was a hard worker, she decorated very beautifully, she made us up, she cut our hair for all parties,” said her friend Ana Castillo.
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Juliana Giraldo was a stylist. For a year and a half she had lived in Miranda with her current partner, with whom she raised chickens and sold tilapia. Her dream was to have her own hair salon.
“They were undertaking some projects in company, starting to get ahead together, but now all those dreams were truncated“Said Katherine, a friend of the couple.
“She went to live in Miranda, precisely to have a calmer life, who was going to imagine that she was going to find death there and how it happened in such a miserable way,” said her sister Aura María.
Aura María Díaz and Francisco Larragaña called for there to be forgiveness and reconciliation.
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“That no one retaliate against the Armed Forces, nor do we want there to be acts of vandalism. If you are going to support us, please support us in a peaceful way ”, asked Juliana’s husband.
In Popayán and Cali, citizens marched in rejection of this fact. In the capital of Valle del Cauca a sit-in was held on the outskirts of the Pichincha Battalion.
Protesters reported that a police officer on a motorcycle fired directly at the protesting crowd. The uniformed man claims that he fired a blank gun.
In Palmira, on the night of Friday, September 25, the monument to the Soldier appeared collapsed. On its pedestal, the message “Assassins Juliana” was written.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation reported that the special team designated to investigate the murder of the woman will investigate whether the citizen was attacked because of her gender identity.
The coordinator of the prosecution team, Mauricio Noguera Rojas, assured that a process with a differential approach will be carried out and with all the necessary investigative, criminalistic and forensic protocols.
“The most important thing at this time is to be able to determine if Juliana’s gender identity was relevant or not in the occurrence of the events,” Noguera revealed.
The events in which Juliana lost her life occurred around 8:30 in the morning of last Thursday in the village of Guatemala in Miranda. A car with four occupants was moving through that rural area, on the border between Cauca and the south of the Valley.
Witnesses’ versions are that the car partially stopped and when they were going to return, the shots came. The Army version states that the shots were aimed at the tires and that one of the bullets rebounded, hitting the woman.
MICHEL ROMOLEROUX
FOR THE TIME
JAMUNDÍ, VALLEY
