Tehuel de la Torre
De la Torre
Born(1999-03-26)26 March 1999
Disappeared11 March 2021 (aged 21)
San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina
StatusMissing for 2 years, 10 months and 3 days
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]

Tehuel de la Torre (Spanish: [teˈwel de la ˈtore]; born 26 March 1999) is an Argentine trans man who disappeared in the afternoon of 11 March 2021 when he left his home in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, heading for Alejandro Korn to meet Luis Alberto Ramos (37), whom had offered him a job as a waiter at a birthday party.[2][3] His whereabouts remain unknown.[4]

Disappearance

De la Torre was born on 26 March 1999.[5] At the time of his disappearance, he lived in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, with his mother, his partner and her son, and his brother. De la Torre had started his gender transitioning a few months before his disappearance.[6]

On 11 March 2021, De la Torre left his home heading for Alejandro Korn to meet Luis Alberto Ramos, a 37-year-old man whom he had met at several Workers' Socialist Movement rallies. Ramos had offered him a job as a waiter at a birthday party. On 13 March, his family reported his disappearance to the police. A destroyed phone and jacket belonging to De la Torre were found in a raid to Ramos' house on 16 March.[7]

Ramos was arrested on 23 March and Oscar Alfredo Montes (46), a friend of Ramos, was arrested on 27 March. A picture of the three taken in Montes' house the day of the disappearance was found on 30 March. On 10 September a bloodstain belonging to De la Torre was found on a wall in Ramos' house.[8]

On 9 November, Ramos and Montes were charged with aggravated homicide due to hatred of gender identity – a change from the original classification – and the prosecution took the case to trial.[9][10]

In March 2022, a year after his disappearance, the Ministry of Security increased the reward to 5 million pesos (around US$36,000 in August 2022) for information about his whereabouts.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Caso Tehuel: el Ministerio de Mujeres reclamó mejor accionar judicial" [Tehuel case: the Ministry of Women demanded better judicial action]. Télam (in Spanish). 24 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Curia, Dolores (9 April 2021). "La desaparición de Tehuel: transfobia televisada" [The disappearance of Tehuel: televised transphobia]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Alcoba, Natalie (16 April 2021). "A Missing Man is Forcing Argentina to Confront Transphobia". Vice. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "A 500 días de la desaparición de Tehuel de la Torre, habrá una marcha en el Congreso" [500 days after the disappearance of Tehuel de la Torre, there will be a march in Congress]. TN (in Spanish). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Resolución 137/2022" [Resolution 137/2022]. Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Erbetta, Emilia (13 October 2021). "Caso Tehuel: a siete meses de su desaparición, la causa no avanza y vuelve a exponer las falencias de la justicia" [Tehuel case: seven months after his disappearance, the case does not advance and once again exposes the shortcomings of justice]. Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Arias, Luciana (27 June 2021). "La historia de Tehuel y su novia: 'Mi nene lo tomó como un papá, su sueño es que tengamos otro hijo y jugar en Boca'" [The story of Tehuel and his girlfriend: 'My son took it like a father, his dream is that we have another son and play in Boca']. A24 (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Hallaron ADN de Tehuel en la casa de uno de los detenidos" [Tehuel's DNA was found in one of the detainees' house]. Télam (in Spanish). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Mizerniuk, Soledad; Rodríguez, Victoria (11 February 2022). "¿Dónde está Tehuel? A 11 meses de su desaparición, las organizaciones reclaman justicia" [Where is Tehuel? 11 months after his disappearance, organisations demand justice]. Agencia Presentes (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Un año sin Tehuel de la Torre: aunque los acusados vayan a juicio no se frenaría la búsqueda" [A year without Tehuel de la Torre: even if the accused go to trial, the search would not stop]. Infobae (in Spanish). 11 March 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nueva recompensa: $5 millones para quien diga dónde está Tehuel de la Torre" [New reward: $5 million to whoever tells where Tehuel de la Torre is]. Infobae (in Spanish). 11 March 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.


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