# Mexico Detains Suspect in 2016 Transfemicide of Paola Buenrostro

Mexico City prosecutors arrested Arturo N for his alleged role in the 2016 killing of Paola Buenrostro.

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Agents of the PDI apprehended Arturo N in Nicolás Romero, Estado de México, regarding the killing that occurred on September 30, 2016. [^1]

The Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México confirmed the arrest of Arturo N for his probable participation in the transfemicide of Paola Buenrostro. [^2]

A judge in Mexico determined on a Tuesday to maintain the preventive detention of Arturo N, the suspect in the 2016 murder of Paola Buenrostro, and established that the case should initially be treated under the figure of qualified homicide. [^3]

The judicial authority determined to process the case under the classification of qualified homicide rather than transfemicide, a specific charge in Mexico City law. [^4]

Trans activists protested and caused disturbances at the Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México following a court hearing regarding the 2016 murder of Paola Buenrostro. [^5]

On the morning of September 30, 2016, Paola Buenrostro boarded Arturo N's vehicle after hiring his services, and she was shot twice before dying from gunshot wounds. [^6]

The case was the first recognized transfemicide by the Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, which documented deficiencies in the initial investigation in Recommendation 02/2019. [^7]

Kenia Nava, recognized as an indirect victim of the case, stated that the Feminicide Public Ministry did not guarantee her rights and that the trans women in the collective felt betrayed by the institution. [^8]

Paola Buenrostro was murdered in September 2016 after being solicited for sex work by Arturo N, who abducted her and shot her; she was killed in the municipality of Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico. [^9]

Trans activist collectives protested the judicial decision, demanding that the crime be judged as transfemicide rather than qualified homicide to recognize the victim's gender identity. [^10]

Paola Buenrostro was shot and killed in the early hours of September 30, 2016, after boarding a vehicle hired by Arturo N, who was holding a firearm when she was found unconscious. [^11]

## What this stands on

1. Agents of the PDI apprehended Arturo N in Nicolás Romero, Estado de México, regarding the killing that occurred on September 30, 2016. (López-Dóriga Digital, News)
2. The Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México confirmed the arrest of Arturo N for his probable participation in the transfemicide of Paola Buenrostro. (López-Dóriga Digital, News)
3. A judge in Mexico determined on a Tuesday to maintain the preventive detention of Arturo N, the suspect in the 2016 murder of Paola Buenrostro, and established that the case should initially be treated under the figure of qualified homicide. (publimetro.com.mx, News)
4. The judicial authority determined to process the case under the classification of qualified homicide rather than transfemicide, a specific charge in Mexico City law. (Diario De México, News)
5. Trans activists protested and caused disturbances at the Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México following a court hearing regarding the 2016 murder of Paola Buenrostro. (Diario De México, News)
6. On the morning of September 30, 2016, Paola Buenrostro boarded Arturo N's vehicle after hiring his services, and she was shot twice before dying from gunshot wounds. (López-Dóriga Digital, News)
7. The case was the first recognized transfemicide by the Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, which documented deficiencies in the initial investigation in Recommendation 02/2019. (López-Dóriga Digital, News)
8. Kenia Nava, recognized as an indirect victim of the case, stated that the Feminicide Public Ministry did not guarantee her rights and that the trans women in the collective felt betrayed by the institution. (publimetro.com.mx, News)
9. Paola Buenrostro was murdered in September 2016 after being solicited for sex work by Arturo N, who abducted her and shot her; she was killed in the municipality of Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico. (publimetro.com.mx, News)
10. Trans activist collectives protested the judicial decision, demanding that the crime be judged as transfemicide rather than qualified homicide to recognize the victim's gender identity. (publimetro.com.mx, News)
11. Paola Buenrostro was shot and killed in the early hours of September 30, 2016, after boarding a vehicle hired by Arturo N, who was holding a firearm when she was found unconscious. (Diario De México, News)

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