'Javier said her nephew and husband were making their first trip abroad, hoping to escape the poverty that afflicts a fourth of the people in the country of 9.5 million.
"He told me he wanted to do something, to be someone," she said of her husband. "I told him not to leave."'
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Good Associated Press style reporting -- straight news. Danica Coto does a consistent job reporting on the Hispanic community in U.S. and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. She could have obtained a quote to end the story that would have answered: why does it appear that amount of Dominicans trying to enter the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is expected to increase? After all, she has been writing on this topic for a while, though she comments on it, a quote from an official source would be stronger. Just a few weeks ago 28 Dominican migrants trying to reach Puerto Rico died at sea, and the five surviving cannibalized one of the dead.
"Hundreds of migrants have died in recent years while trying to cross the treacherous Mona Passage that separates the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Just weeks ago, five Dominican migrants survived and 28 others died on another boat. The survivors said they ate the flesh of a dead migrant, and were later charged with involuntary manslaughter for helping organize an illegal trip."
