Authorities in Puerto Rico on Wednesday confirmed another transgender person has been murdered in the U.S. commonwealth. The Associated Press reported the body of Michelle “Michellyn” Ramos Vargas, 33, was found along a highway in San Germán, a municipality in southwest Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican media reports indicate Ramos had been shot several times. Officials told the Associated Press they are investigating whether Ramos’ murder was a hate crime.
Ramos is the sixth trans person murdered in Puerto Rico since the beginning of the year. Alexa Negrón Luciano, a homeless trans woman, was killed in Toa Baja on Feb.
24. Penélope Díaz Ramírez, a trans woman, was killed in a jail in the San Juan suburb of Bayamón on April 13. Authorities in