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November 19, 2009

Charges Filed in Slaying of Gay P.R. Teen
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And in Puerto Rico, murder charges have been filed in the slaying a gay
Puerto Rican teenager whose body was found burned, decapitated and
dismembered. Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was an openly gay
nineteen-year-old who volunteered for groups advocating HIV prevention
and gay rights. Authorities say they’re still mulling whether to press
hate crimes charges against the suspect.



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