Two Slain on Puerto Rican Island of Vieques
SAN JUAN – Two men were murdered
Wednesday in the Puerto Rican island municipality of Vieques, which is enduring
a crime wave linked to drug trafficking.
The Puerto Rico Police Department said that the bodies of the two men were found with multiple gunshot wounds near the former U.S. Navy base on Vieques.
An investigation into the killings is under way but no information has been uncovered yet regarding the motive, police spokesman Daniel Fuentes said.
He said that with these two latest deaths the number of murders on the island of Vieques now stands at nine for the year, a fact that has attracted the attention of the media given that the municipality has roughly 9,500 residents isolated from the mainland.
Vieques Mayor Victor Emeric attributed the unusual crime wave to problems with drug trafficking.
The 70 police officers assigned to Vieques are not enough to deal with the problem, the mayor said.
The small island gets most of its income from tourism, but visitors should be careful about going into certain parts of Vieques, Fuentes recommended.
More than 73 percent of Vieques residents are living below the official poverty line and unemployment is high. EFE
SAN JUAN – Two men were murdered
Wednesday in the Puerto Rican island municipality of Vieques, which is enduring
a crime wave linked to drug trafficking.The Puerto Rico Police Department said that the bodies of the two men were found with multiple gunshot wounds near the former U.S. Navy base on Vieques.
An investigation into the killings is under way but no information has been uncovered yet regarding the motive, police spokesman Daniel Fuentes said.
He said that with these two latest deaths the number of murders on the island of Vieques now stands at nine for the year, a fact that has attracted the attention of the media given that the municipality has roughly 9,500 residents isolated from the mainland.
Vieques Mayor Victor Emeric attributed the unusual crime wave to problems with drug trafficking.
The 70 police officers assigned to Vieques are not enough to deal with the problem, the mayor said.
The small island gets most of its income from tourism, but visitors should be careful about going into certain parts of Vieques, Fuentes recommended.
More than 73 percent of Vieques residents are living below the official poverty line and unemployment is high. EFE
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