Posted on 04/28/2021 5:28:30 AM PDT by cll
A 24-year-old tourist from Delaware was killed in Puerto Rico over the weekend after allegedly buying drugs in a coastal shantytown, authorities said.
Tariq Loat and a friend, James Jackson, were attacked in La Perla on Saturday following the alleged drug deal when they tried to take photographs, despite being told not to, according to Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa.
The duo were beaten with an exercise weight, a piece of wood and a deep fryer, authorities said.
Jackson managed to flee and was later hospitalized, authorities said.
But Loat’s badly burned body was found by authorities on Sunday in the town of Vega Baja.
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However, retail drug trafficking activity there has not ceased, and the lords allow the tourism commercial activities as long as it doesn't interfere with theirs. They post signs all over that photos and videos of their turf are not allowed. These guys went to buy pot, insisted on taking pictures after being warned not to, got into a fight with the locals, until one of the locals produced a gun.
Moral of the story: Don't get involved with drugs in PR and much less pick fights with local drug dealers if you want to have a safe and pleasurable vacation.
Over the past few months we've had serious issues with aggressive and hostile and entitled 'tourists' from the mainland, not the usual travelers we were accustomed to.
If only PR had effective wood and deep fryer control laws...
You know, you just gave really good advice for how a tourist stays out of trouble, enjoys the island and its people, and can look forward to good health and a long life. Unfortunately, too many people won’t follow it.
“The duo were beaten with an exercise weight, a piece of wood and a deep fryer”
Was it a fully automatic deep fryer with a 30 round banana clip?
Vegas is seeing the same issues from similar ‘tourists’
They were deep frying bananas?
😁😂😊
Tariq Loat...
I am going guess there will be no BLM demonstrations...doesn’t fit the narrative.
“Don’t take pictures here”
“You aren’t the government. You can’t tell me what to do. Pictures are allowed during Covid”
(azz kicking ensues)
“Hey social distancing”
Over the past few months we’ve had serious issues with aggressive and hostile and entitled ‘tourists’ from the mainland, not the usual travelers we were accustomed to....
I live near a small tourist town and was going to take a summer job there. After visiting recently I quickly changed my mind. Don’t know if it was the covid lockdown, the continuing breakdown in morals or what...but people tend to think they are, as you put it “entitled”. They
are animals.
Played the stupid game and won the ultimate stupid prize.
Dindu nuffin and got da stuffin’ beat outta dems. Da homies shoulda known better not to disrespect the other gang on dey own turf.
There is SOOOOO much here... where to begin!
“These guys went to buy pot,”
“got into a fight with the locals”
“the (drug) lords allow the tourism commercial activities as long as it doesn’t interfere with theirs.
“They post signs all over that photos and videos of their
turf are not allowed.”
“they tried to take photographs, despite being told not to”
“we’ve had serious issues with aggressive and hostile and entitled ‘tourists’”
“The duo were beaten with an exercise weight, a piece of wood and a deep fryer”
“Loat’s badly burned body was found by authorities”
They should have gone to Jamaica (mon). Where every ten minutes someone tries to sell YOU pot. No need to go to sketchy drug towns.
Yes. They are all over. Just yesterday, another one was arrested for assault. A 33 year-old from Brooklyn was at a pet-friendly restaurant, when he decided to kick a lady’s dog. When the lady tried to defend her dog, he started beating her up. Another patron intervened in defense of the lady, they got into a scuffle where the perp bit off a piece of the gentleman’s cheek. He is now getting the Puerto Rican Jail Experience.
“They should have gone to Jamaica (mon). Where every ten minutes someone tries to sell YOU pot. No need to go to sketchy drug towns.”
The last time we went to Jamaica someone tried to sell us weed. We were at the airport standing in line waiting to go through Customs. We declined, politely of course.
L
I lived in PR over 50 years ago and LaPerla was a “no go” area then. Even the police wouldn’t venture into LaParla.
A story I heard back then is that once police had gone into LaParla to arrest a murderer. It was a jeep load of officers. All of the police officers disappeared, as well as the jeep. No trace of had ever been found.
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