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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“La Perla”...
‘Nuff said.
They were deep frying bananas?
They were Plantains. They have larger barrels/slides! LOL!
Miss Eddie,
I have been to Blowing Rock, NC several times. It is up on the Blue Ridge Parkway about 1 1/2 hours NW of Charlotte.
That whole are over to Banner Elk is very nice, IMHO.
Boone is a college town, but most of the kids go home in the summer.
It is actually one of the places I would consider to retire to. When it is 95 and oppressive in Charlotte. It is 75 in Blowing Rock.
FYI, I live in southern NH. The mountains of NH, ME & VT are also very nice in the summer.
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