Last Friday night, a married couple entering their home in the town of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, was startled by two armed burglars. The husband was fatally shot, becoming the 1,000th murder victim of 2011. This was Puerto Rico’s highest annual homicide toll - until the record was surpassed the next day.On average, someone is murdered every 7 1 / 2 ( Read more... )

By Kelly Cobiella

Puerto Rico is on track to set a dubious crime record with at least 847 murders so far this year, or 140 more than this time last year. Officials say 75 percent of the murders are drug-related.

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Hey, ONTD_P. I honestly wasn't sure how to go about this post, but here goes, and hopefully this post will be okay with the mods. I'm a longtime lurker, sometimes commenter, who'd like to direct your attention to a certain situation that's really not getting much coverage at all, aside from in the local news. Honestly, it doesn't surprise me that ( Read more... )