Category: Puerto Rico
Former Teacher’s Aide Indicted and Arrested for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging former teacher’s aide Josualis Carrasquillo-Ramos, 21, with sexual exploitation of a minor, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S….
37 Members of a Violent Gang Charged With Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in San Juan, Puerto Rico | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On August 3, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 37 violent gang members from the municipality…
Former Governor of Puerto Rico Arrested in Bribery Scheme | USAO-PR
WASHINGTON – A former governor of Puerto Rico was arrested today on bribery charges related to the financing of her 2020 campaign. Relatedly, a political consultant for the former governor…
Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Arrests Two International Drug Traffickers | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — On April 8, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a superseding indictment charging Jonmeny Barros-Casadiego and Álvaro León Barros-Ramírez…
Contractor Enters Guilty Plea to Bribing Former Mayor of Cataño | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Mario Villegas-Vargas, 42, pleaded guilty today in Puerto Rico to engaging in a bribery scheme for paying kickbacks and bribes in exchange for being awarded…
Two Men Indicted in Separate Bankruptcy Fraud Schemes | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jorge Droz Yapur and Yamil Fonseca Salgado were indicted by a federal Grand Jury in relation to separate bankruptcy fraud schemes, announced W. Stephen Muldrow,…
Three Men, Who Acquired and Transferred Almost 1,000 Guns, Charged With Firearms Trafficking | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned three indictments charging Radamés Revilla-Machín, Roberto Miranda-Schmidt, and Luis Matos-Rosa with the unlicensed business of dealing in firearms, announced W….
33 Members of a Violent Gang Charged With Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Fajardo, Puerto Rico | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On July 20, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 33 violent gang members from the municipality…
Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Arrests Four Individuals Charged with Drug Trafficking | USAO-PR
ind_drug_trafficking_cloro_7-20-22-cr-328-fab_.pdfSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On July 20, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging four individuals with conspiracy and possession with…
Former Municipal Director of Finance Pleads Guilty to Misappropriation of $2.5 Million | USAO-PR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Defendant Victor Cruz-Quintero pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Marcos E. López to one count of misappropriation of government funds from the United States…
