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Two Puerto Rico men charged under federal hate crimes law

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Two men who are accused of murdering two transgender women in Puerto Rico on April 21 have been charged under the federal hate crimes law.

An affidavit signed by Special FBI Agent Lazaro Duprey-Ojeda and released by the Justice Department on Friday states Sean Díaz de León, 19, “wanted to shoot and kill” Layla Pelaz when she told him she was trans after they “had sexual relations” at her home in Las Piedras, a municipality near Puerto Rico’s southeast coast.

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