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Bodies of 2 Transgender Women Found in Badly Burned Car in Puerto Rico
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/Puerto-Rico-Transgender-death.html
Activists said that the women, who were from New York City, were the third and fourth transgender people to be killed in Puerto Rico in the last two months.
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The Facebook profile photo of Serena Angelique Velázquez, one of two transgender women killed this week in Puerto Rico.
By Michael Levenson and Sandra E. Garcia
April 23, 2020, 9:28 p.m. ET
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This is an epidemic of violence, anti-L.G.B.T. violence that has resurfaced in Puerto Rico, Mr. Serrano said Thursday. We havent seen this type of violence in this quantity in a very long time I would say 10 years.
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Captain Morales said investigators were hoping to identify two men who partied with the women at one of their homes on Tuesday night. Images of the men were captured on one of the womens social media accounts, he said. He said investigators were also reviewing security camera footage from businesses in the area.
The investigation is in its early stages, Captain Morales said. He added that just because the women were transgender doesnt mean it was a hate crime.
I cant just say this is a hate crime from the scene, he said. We need to know who killed them, why did he kill, and what were the motivations to say this was a hate crime.
Frances Robles contributed reporting.
Matthew28
(1,796 posts)Why do people have to be so evil? They hate people for wanting to live their lives the way they wish to live it. Sick.