Friends said the young woman fled Latin America because of the hate-fueled stigma against transgender people, only to be killed in the country where she thought she was safe.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Candles, flags and posters adorned the front steps outside of Houston City Hall Thursday night to honor a 29-year-old woman killed in her own home.
"She had just moved into her new apartment and was very excited about decorating," said the victim's friend, Gia Pacheco. Paloma Vazquez, a transgender woman, was found shot inside her Gulfton-area apartment on Houston's southwest side on Saturday. Police said there was no sign of forced entry into her apartment at 6600 Dunlap, and that she was shot twice.The Organization for Latina Trans in Texas said Vazquez had only just immigrated to the U.S. six months ago from Latin America.
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