Two transgender women were murdered in Puerto Rico this week, bringing the number of known murders of trans people in the U.S.
territory to four.Serena Angelique Velázquez and Layla Pelaez’s bodies were found in a car under a bridge Wednesday in the town of Humacao, Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día reports.
Another paper in the territory, Primera Hora, said their deaths took place Tuesday. They had been shot and their car set on fire.Velázquez was reportedly a visitor to the island, as she