United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 31, 2014, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) intercepted a Zodiac type vessel off the coast of Dorado while attempting to smuggle a load of cocaine into Puerto Rico. Two Venezuelan nationals and 1,774 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the interdiction, announced United...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - This morning, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into Puerto Rico and the transportation of drug money between Puerto Rico-Culebra-St. Thomas announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. On March 27, 2014...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Magistrate Marcos E. López authorized a complaint charging Raddif Tapia-Rivera and Estevan DeCarlos with conspiracy to import 242 kilograms of cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The U.S. Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs...

PONCE, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez and Vito Salvatore Guarino, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), DEA Caribbean Division, jointly announced the indictment and arrest of 63 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - White House Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske has awarded the St. Thomas Major Organization (MOI) unit of the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) the 2013 national award for Outstanding Task Force Effort, announced United States Attorney Ronald W...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Yesterday, January 29, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marcos E. López authorized a complaint charging: Joselito Taveras, Miguel Jimenez, and Alberto Dominguez with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to import and importation of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 18, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against two defendants charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to import and importation of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 12, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 26 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, crack, cocaine and marijuana, and firearms offenses announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Special Agent in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands positively responded to the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday October 26, 2013, the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island communities turned over 810.95 pounds of expired and unwanted medications for safe and...