[cll]

Context: The La Perla neighborhood is outside the city walls of Old San Juan, facing the Atlantic Ocean. It had always been an outcast shanty, until 2017 when two Puerto Rican celebrities filmed the 'Despacito' music video there. Since then, La Perla has become a tourist attraction, giving a measure of respect and stature to the area.

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.

[proud American in Canada]

Moral of the story: Don’t visit foreign countries and engage in illegal activities.

There wasn’t much of his brain left after this drug incident (reference to an old commercial that showed a frying pan with two eggs cooking in it. “This is your brain.” Then the eggs are cracked and plopped into the pan. “This is your brain on drugs.”)

[blueplum]

just the type of citizens we need NOT

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

“La Perla”...
‘Nuff said.