Interés Humano

Tener VIH o covid-19 puede llevarlo a la cárcel en Ciudad de México

El delito de ‘peligro de contagio’, presente desde hace décadas en el código penal federal, responde a viejos moralismos de raíz católica como castigar conductas ‘licenciosas’, según estudios académicos

A young woman receives her first dose of the Sputnik-V vaccine against COVID-19 in Mexico City, on July 27, 2021. - Population between 18 and 29 years are receiving their first dose against the virus, as Mexico faces a third wave of COVID-19 contagions. Although the indicators of deaths and hospitalizations remain far from the January levels -when the occupancy rate was of 95% and the dead toll more than 900 deaths per day- infections have accelerated and last week, for the first time in a month, the number of deaths exceeded 300 reported in 24 hours. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)
A young woman receives her first dose of the Sputnik-V vaccine against COVID-19 in Mexico City, on July 27, 2021. - Population between 18 and 29 years are receiving their first dose against the virus, as Mexico faces a third wave of COVID-19 contagions. Although the indicators of deaths and hospitalizations remain far from the January levels -when the occupancy rate was of 95% and the dead toll more than 900 deaths per day- infections have accelerated and last week, for the first time in a month, the number of deaths exceeded 300 reported in 24 hours. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Una joven recibe su primera dosis de la vacuna Sputnik-V contra la covid-19, en la Ciudad de México, el 27 de julio del 2021. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP)

Ciudad de México. En junio, mientras Ciudad de México se embanderaba de arcoíris para celebrar la diversidad sexual y la inclusión, un hombre era encarcelado por “peligro de contagio”, delito adaptado a la pandemia del VIH-Sida y que recobró fuerza con la de covid-19.

La imagen de Juan "N", como lo identificó la fiscalía capitalina, fue difundida en foto y video. Su delito: no haberle informado a una expareja que era portador del VIH.

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