This text aims to build a profile of crimes, victims and perpetrators of homicides against LGBTI+ people, through the analysis of 33 public judicial documents between the years 2000 and 2020; using the categories of a) crimes: year of prosecution, criminal classification, geography, place of occurrence, use of alcohol/drugs, cause of death and attributed motive; b) victims: sex, age, sexual or gender identity and occupation; c) victimizers: age, sex, occupation, marital status, residence and criminal organizations. The profile obtained shows that the victims were 32 years old on average, they were men, both transfeminine and homosexual identities were the main albos. Public roads in urban areas were the main places of occurrence. There was mostly collective participation, using bladed and firearms as a method of murder. The main reason attributed was the homophobic of the Maras, the perpetrators being 22 years old, single and dedicated to the area of automotive mechanics.
Keywords:
El Salvador; violence; hate crimes; homicides; LGBTI+