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Federal Agents Launch Extensive Search Operation at Puerto Rican Prison
March 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than 200 federal agents from different departments carried out a search operation Friday in the Metropolitan Detention Center Guaynabo in suburban San Juan, the FBI office in Puerto Rico said. continue reading »
3 Gunned Down in Drive-by Shooting in Puerto Rico
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rican police were investigating Friday the second triple killing in less than two weeks after three young men were slain in a drive-by shooting in the eastern town of Juncos. continue reading »
Couple Gunned Down, Baby Wounded in Puerto Rico
January 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A man and a woman were murdered and a 1-year-old baby was seriously wounded in a new criminal incident in the central Puerto Rican town of Cayey bringing to 63 the island's homicide total so far in 2013. continue reading »
Violence at Puerto Rico’s San Sebastin Festival Leaves 13 Dead
January 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Violence during the long San Sebastian Street Festival weekend in Old San Juan, the best-known festival in Puerto Rico, left 13 people dead. continue reading »
Death of 2 Children in Puerto Rico Highlight Violence on Island
December 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The tragic deaths this week of two children, one of them a 4-month-old baby who was placed in a freezer, reopens the drama of violence against children in Puerto Rico. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Beaten to Death After Withdrawing $500 from ATM
December 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The 32-year-old advertising executive killed last week after being forced to withdraw $500 from an Automatic Teller Machine was beaten to death with metal pipes, Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia newspaper said Wednesday continue reading »
Man Murdered For $500 Shocks Puerto Rico
December 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Ricans are shocked by the death of a man murdered after his killers forced him to withdraw $500 from several ATMs in the San Juan suburb of Caguas. continue reading »
DEA and Immigration Agents Arrest Members of Puerto Rican Drug Gang Implicated in 20 Murders
September 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rican and federal authorities arrested 30 people Friday in a crackdown on a drug gang suspected in a score of homicides. continue reading »
Violent and Deadly Weekend for Puerto Rico
August 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eighteen people, among them a U.S. military veteran, were murdered last weekend in Puerto Rico, raising the murder count on the island so far this year to 595, police said Monday. continue reading »
Calle 13’s Rene Perez’ Uncle Shot to Death in Puerto Rico
August 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The uncle of Rene Perez, of the Calle 13 duo, was shot to death in Puerto Rico over the weekend. continue reading »
‘Noticias OK” in Puerto Rico to Report Only Good, Happy News
April 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A radio program in Puerto Rico will report only good news starting May 1 as a way to try and minimize violence on the streets of the Caribbean island. continue reading »
1,100 Homicides So Far This Year In Puerto Rico
December 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The number of violent deaths registered since Jan. 1 in Puerto Rico has hit 1,100, making 2011 the bloodiest year in the island's history. continue reading »
Gay Advocates Say Transgender Murders Severely Undercounted in Puerto Rico
November 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
While Trans Day of Remembrance websites currently list only one 2011 murder of a trans woman in Puerto Rico, Sophia Isabel Marro Cruz, the spokeswoman for Transexuales y Transgeneros en Marcha continue reading »
Justice Dept Finds Puerto Rico Police Engaged in Pattern of Misconduct
September 8, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law continue reading »
28 Percent of all Puerto Rican Teens Carry Guns to School, Teachers Fear Their Own Students
February 4, 2011 | by La Prensa | Latino Daily News
A study released this week in Puerto Rico shows an alarming trend of 10th-12th graders carrying guns to school whereby teachers are afraid of their students, and violence to solve problems is readily practiced. continue reading »
