2 Men Plead Guilty to Hate Crime Against Trans Woman Hours Before Her Murder
The men harassed and shot Alexa Neulisa Luciano with paintballs; she was found shot dead the following day.
September 27, 2023
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Trans Man Murdered in Puerto Rico, Hours After Assault Report
Yampi Mendez Arocho, shot to death last week, is the second trans person murdered in the territory this year.
March 12, 2020
Trans Woman Murdered in Puerto Rico, Third This Month
Penelope Diaz Ramirez, killed at the Bayamon correctional complex, was also the fifth trans person murdered in the U.S. territory this year.
April 28, 2020
Two Trans Women Murdered in Puerto Rico
Serena Angelique Velazquez and Layla Pelaez are the third and fourth trans people killed in the territory this year, and the eighth and ninth in the U.S. as a whole.
April 24, 2020
Two Men Sentenced for Videotaped Hate Crime Attack on Murdered Trans Woman
Alexa Neulisa Luciano was murdered not long after the two men attacked her.
November 16, 2023
Two Arrested in Killings of Trans Women in Puerto Rico
The men have been detained in connection with the deaths of Serena Angelique Velazquez and Layla Pelaez but have not been charged.
May 1, 2020
Trans Nursing Student Michelle Ramos Vargas Shot to Death
Her death in Puerto Rico is the sixth known homicide of a trans person in the territory and the 30th in the U.S. this year.
October 2, 2020
Hours After Restroom Incident, Trans Woman Murdered in Puerto Rico
Alexa Negron Luciano was killed not long after being reported for using a women's restroom at a McDonald's.
February 28, 2020
Two Men Indicted for Murders of Transgender Women in Puerto Rico
The suspects are charged with murdering Serena Angelique Velazquez and Layla Pelaez after discovering the women were trans.
May 14, 2020