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Transgender Salvadoran Woman Killed After Deportation from U.S.

HeadlineFeb 19, 2019

A transgender woman who was deported from the U.S. has been found murdered in El Salvador. Aurora, better known as Camila, was reported missing in late January and was recently identified at a San Salvador hospital after a local trans advocacy group set out to find her. Camila reportedly fled to the U.S. after receiving threats in her home country, but was deported because immigration officials did not believe her. She is the second transgender woman to be killed in El Salvador this month.

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