It's not a word of cheerfulness, but of "foreign shame", are the perpetrators, are they people who feel such a repulsive form of humanity?

 Amnesty's No Safe Place report reveals the perilous journey of gay men and trans women fleeing widespread discrimination and gender-based violence at the hands of criminal gangs and security forces in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras In addition, the Mexican authorities are accused of not providing protection against injuries and abuse, and the intolerable abuses during the long and systematic immigration detention in the USA by "No Safe Place" are exposed.

"People in Central America face cruel discrimination based on their gender identity and find absolutely no safety anywhere," said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International. “They are terrorized at home and when they seek refuge abroad, they suffer abusive treatment. Today they are among the most vulnerable refugees on the American continent. The fact that Mexico and the US are idly watching the extreme violence is simply criminal.” El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have one of the highest homicide rates in the world - according to official figures 81.2 per 100,000 people in El Salvador, 58.9 in Honduras and 27.3 in Guatemala. Most refugees and asylum-seekers Amnesty International spoke to said that persistent discrimination and the level of violence in their countries - including physical attacks, murder and extortion by criminal gangs - left them no choice but to flee. High levels of impunity and corruption make authorities unlikely to punish those responsible for crimes against LGBTI people, especially when security forces are responsible for the attacks. According to the Honduran non-governmental organization Cattrachas, a total of 264 LGBTI people were killed in the country between 2009 and 2017. In most cases, those responsible have never been brought to justice. Carlos from Honduras had to flee to Mexico after being attacked and threatened with death by a criminal gang for being gay. He told Amnesty International: "I never tried to report [the attacks] because of what happened to some friends. After a friend of mine filed a complaint, those who committed the crime went to his house to get him. That's why he fled to Mexico. Another friend was killed right after he was with the police.” A terrifying journey Amnesty International found in the documented cases that the brutality suffered by gay and trans women in Central America does not end once they leave their countries. Most of those interviewed for the report said they had experienced other forms of discrimination and violence, including from officials in Mexico, where high levels of violence against LGBTI people are commonly reported. Many also said they did not feel safe in the country, as many of the criminal gangs that threatened them at home also operated across Mexico's southern border. According to a study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, two-thirds of LGBTI refugees from Central America interviewed in 2016 and 2017 have experienced sexual and gender-based violence in Mexico. Several gay men and trans women also told Amnesty International that they were never properly informed of their rights about seeking asylum in Mexico, even though they would be at extreme risk if deported. They also complained that the Mexican authorities did not inform them about the status of the investigation after they reported human rights violations there. Carlos told Amnesty International that immigration officials in Mexico wanted to prevent him from applying for asylum. He finally applied for asylum anyway and is still awaiting a decision. A number of trans women who managed to make the perilous journey through Mexico and across the border into the United States complained about their treatment in detention. Others were deported from the US and Mexico and sent back to their countries - back to the nightmare they were desperate to escape. Cristel, a 25-year-old trans woman from El Salvador, told Amnesty International that after crossing Mexico's border with the United States in April 2017, she was held in solitary confinement at the immigration camp. After a week she was taken to a small cell with eight men. Cristel eventually failed to gain asylum and was sent back to El Salvador, where criminal gangs continue to threaten her. "I don't want to be illegal. I just want to live and be safe," Cristel told the newspaperhe Amnesty International. "The more the authorities of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and the US fail to protect some of the most vulnerable people in the Americas, the more blood they have on their hands," said Erika Guevara-Rosas. "These governments must act urgently and decisively to combat the epidemic of violence against LGBTI people in the region, and improve their policies and practices to ensure they are accessible to all in need of international protection."