Wow... I had no idea PR was so crime-infested.
Sounds as though some sort of tribal behavior has erupted down there, doesn’t it?
I has gotten progressively worse since the mid-seventies. Drug drops on the south coast means an easy distribution channel into the US. I think they neutered a big ops center to plan interdiction efforts throughout the Caribbean basin (PROC or CBRN, can’t remember now). A previous governor’s PD executed a group of terrorists and there was an uproar that handicapped crime fighting efforts since. You get all of that plus a very high unemployment rate and a bribable police force and you end up with a mess.
A big turning point was when a drug traffic group took kids on a school hostage. It was a wakeup call, signifying their dominance and the destruction of what had been the order, safety, and morality in the island.
God bless Fortuno, and Godspeed to his efforts.
Big-time, and I say it with a heavy heart, having been raised in the island.