Four men convicted in Spain in connection to 2021 hate crime murder

Four men successful Spain were convicted for their relation successful what is being considered a homophobic execution connected Sunday successful transportation to the sidesplitting of a young nursing assistant, which sparked protests successful cities crossed Spain and abroad.

Reuters reported that 24-year-old Samuel Luiz died successful a infirmary successful July 2021 aft helium was assaulted by a radical of radical extracurricular a nightclub successful A Coruña, which is located successful the northwestern Galicia portion of Spain.

Three of the men progressive who committed the fatal battle – Diego Montaña, Alejandro Freire and Kaio Amaral – were each recovered blameworthy of aggravated murder. The 4th man, Alejandro Míguez, was convicted of complicity. A 5th person, a woman, was tried and acquitted of charges against her.

Evidence presented successful tribunal showed that Montaña led the efforts aft concluding that Luiz was cheery based connected his code and clothing.

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BARCELONA, CATALONIA, SPAIN - 2021/07/09: Protesters are seen with a representation of Samuel Luiz successful LGBT colors and a banner that reads, "hate code kills" during the protest. Protesters instrumentality to the streets of Barcelona against LGTBI phobia and the decease of Samuel Luiz, a 24-year-old homosexual young antheral murdered successful a homophobic onslaught successful the metropolis of A Coruña, Spain.  (Photo by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Montaña past reportedly started shouting homophobic insults and slurs astatine Luiz earlier the onslaught and made anti-gay comments to the different accused individuals afterward.

The proceedings lasted astir 4 weeks earlier the lawsuit was placed connected the assemblage to determine the destiny of Montaña, Freire, Amaral and Míguez. Ultimately, the assemblage recovered them blameworthy of the charges.

Sentencing is expected to instrumentality spot astatine a aboriginal date, and the prosecution has asked the judge for jailhouse presumption betwixt 22 and 27 years.

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A CORUÑA GALICIA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Defendant Diego Montaña and his lawyer, Luis Salgado, suspect Catherine Silva and her lawyer, Luciano Prado, suspect Kaio Amaral and his lawyer, Jose Ramon Sierra, suspect Alejandro Miguez and his lawyer, Manuel Ferreiro, and suspect Alejandro Freire and his lawyer, David Freire, during the speechmaking of the verdict successful the proceedings for Samuel Luiz, astatine the Provincial Court of A Coruña, connected 24 November 2024, successful A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The fashionable assemblage has issued a verdict connected the transgression of Samuel Luiz, successful which it recovered blameworthy of execution 3 of the 5 young men tried for the fatal beating, which occurred successful the aboriginal hours of July 3, 2021, successful A Coruña, and arsenic an accomplice to different of the defendants, portion it acquitted the lone pistillate tried.  (Photo By M. Dylan/Europa Press via Getty Images)

"Today, 4 attackers person been sentenced for the execution of Samuel Luiz," Irene Montero, erstwhile curate of equality successful Spain, wrote successful a translated station connected X, explaining that the men shouted a derogatory word astatine the victim. "I anticipation it helps to marque amends for Samuel’s household and friends. Let’s not look the different way: the [LGBTQ-phobia] that kills begins with comments oregon ‘jokes’ that are hateful, harmful and indispensable beryllium stopped."

Reuters reported that successful 2023, determination were much than 360 hatred crimes related to intersexual predisposition oregon sex individuality reported successful Spain. Of those crimes reported, 184 arrests were made, Interior Ministry information shows.

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The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights besides reported that lone a fraction of hatred crimes are reported.

Reuters contributed to this report.