El relato de cómo un grupo de mujeres trans desaparecieron en plena guerra civil salvadoreña se ha transmitido de generación en generación, transformándose en una leyenda que les asegura a las mujeres trans un lugar en la historia de un país que a menudo parece desear que desaparezcan del todo. J. Lester Feder de BuzzFeed News emprendió la tarea de documentar este misterioso incidente por primera vez.
The story of how a group of trans women vanished in the midst of El Salvador's civil war has been passed down from generation to generation, creating a legend that gave them a place in the history of a country that often seems to wish they would disappear. BuzzFeed News' J. Lester Feder set out to document the mysterious incident for the first time.
Karla Avelar survived a serial killer, gang attacks, and four years in a Salvadoran prison to become a trans activist on the global stage. J. Lester Feder and Nicola Chávez Courtright report from El Salvador.
