But that reputation has largely faded, especially since it was used as the backdrop for the video of “Despacito,” a song released in 2017 by Puerto Rican singers Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. La Perla was once a dangerous slum controlled by rival drug gang and considered Puerto Rico’s biggest distribution point for heroin. The last tourist to be reported killed was a 39-year-old man from Denver, Colorado, who police say was thrown from an SUV and run over in San Juan in February 2020. It’s rare for tourists to be killed in Puerto Rico, an island of 3.3 million people that last saw a record number of killings nearly a decade ago. The attackers have not yet been identified.
Police said Loat’s body was found Sunday in the town of Vega Baja, about 20 miles west of San Juan, and was identified by fingerprints. Loat disappeared and his friend James Jackson managed to flee, but was then hospitalized with injuries. Show love for the people of Puerto Rico with our Puerto Rican filter Add the Puerto Rico flag to your profile picture to support Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people. The official languages in Puerto Rico are Spanish and English. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated United States territory.
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Police said the two were beaten with items including an exercise weight, a piece of wood and a deep fryer on Saturday. Instantly add Puerto Rico Filter to any of your profile pictures, photos, or logos. Puerto Rico is located in the northeastern Caribbean, west of the United States Virgin Islands and east of the Dominican Republic. Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa said Tariq Quadir Loat and a friend had purchased unspecified drugs in the shantytown of La Perla and were trying to take photographs after being warned not to. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The burned body of a 24-year-old tourist from Delaware was identified on Tuesday, three days after he and a friend were attacked following a drug purchase in a seaside San Juan district popular with visitors, Puerto Rico police said.