First nonbinary Mexican magistrate found dead at home

Jesús Ociel Baena, the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico, was found dead in their home in Aguascalientes after receiving death threats because of their gender identity, authorities said.

MEXICO CITY — The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico was found dead in their home Monday in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes after receiving death threats because of their gender identity, authorities said.

The Aguascalientes state prosecutor’s office confirmed that Jesús Ociel Baena was found dead Monday morning next to another person, who local media and LGBTQ rights groups identified as their partner.

State prosecutor Jesús Figueroa Ortega said in a news conference that the victims displayed injuries apparently caused by a knife or some other sharp object.

Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo.via Facebook“There are no signs or indications to be able to determine that a third person other than the dead was at the site of the crime,” he said.

Mexico Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said in a press briefing that authorities were investigating the death and it remained unclear if “it was a homicide or an accident.” Some murder investigations in Mexico have a history of being quickly minimized by authorities as crimes of passion.

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