Puerto Rico declares state of emergency over trans murders

People take part in the annual Gay Pride parade in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 3, 2018. (Photo: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty)

Puerto Rico governor Pedro Pierluisi declared a statement of emergency in the US territory Sunday (24 January) amid a spate of targeted killings against trans people as well as cis women.

Pierluisi, a member of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party sworn…