The couple left but the man hit their car with his vehicle and shot one of the women in the neck, killing her, Brito said. The Mexico Equality Movement has documented two other murders of gays after Pena Nieto's announcement.
One was run over and the other one was tortured. Brito's group reported 44 homophobia-fueled murders in , down from 72 in An average of 71 anti-LGBT murders have taken place every year in the past decade. But Brito said the figure is likely much higher as the statistics are only based on news reports.
Pena Nieto's initiative has been opposed by Mexico's Roman Catholic Church and members of conservative parties. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Politics Covid U. News World Opinion Business. Share this —. Follow NBC News. By Erik Ortiz. This same administration has thrown overboard the accomplishments that they achieved. But a barrage of ads ahead of the informe only stoked controversy. Another ad spoke of the attack by police, acting in cahoots with a drug cartel, on students in Guerrero state.
He forged an alliance across party lines to approve a suite of structural reforms in areas such as energy, taxation and telecommunications — all of which the PRI had steadfastly refused to approve while in opposition from In his informe , the president boasted of improving education through teacher evaluations and imposing order on powerful unions.
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