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Pair plead guilty to hate crime over 2020 murder of transgender woman in Puerto Rico

  • Two men pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges related to 2020 incident involving transgender woman Alexa Negrón Luciano.
  • The men harassed Luciano in a restaurant bathroom and later threatened her with a paintball gun before she was found dead from gunshot wounds.
  • No one has been charged with Luciano's murder, which happened on February 24, 2020 in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
  • The two men face sentencing, but a date has not been set yet for the federal hate crime charges.
  • Luciano's murder over 3 years ago prompted outrage from LGBTQ advocates seeking justice.
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