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Bodies of two transgender women found inside charred car in Puerto Rico

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Serena Angelique Velazquez, one of two transgender women whose bodies were found in a burned out car in Puerto Rico – Photo: Facebook.

The bodies of two transgender women were found inside a charred car in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, reigniting longstanding concerns among activists that police on the island aren’t doing enough to curb anti-LGBTQ violence.

The two women’s bodies were found early Wednesday morning after someone called 911 to report a burned out car on a desolate road in Humacao, on the island’s eastern coast, according to Capt.

Teddy Morales, the chief of criminal investigations for the Puerto Rico police in Humacao. Pedro Julio Serrano, an LBGTQ activist, identified the two women as 21-year-old Layla Peláez and 32-year-old

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