Tag: puerto rico
Sergio Ramírez-Payano, Machinegun Possession, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a blow to transnational crime, three men have pleaded guilty to serious charges in Puerto Rico. Sergio Ramírez-Payano, Juan José De la Cruz Natera, and Yanzie Vázquez González were involved in drug trafficking and machinegun possession in San Juan, Puerto Rico, between July 2025 and July 2026. The crimes were…
Carlos Collazo-Pérez, Child Pornography, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 75-year-old man from Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, has been sentenced to 188 months in prison for transporting child pornography. Carlos Collazo-Pérez pleaded guilty to the charges, which involved knowingly transporting images of child pornography between March 8, 2021, and August 6, 2025. The exploitation was carried out using electronic devices…
Luis A. Jiménez-Guzmán, Bribery Conspiracy, Puerto Rico 2019
⏱ 2 min read Luis A. Jiménez-Guzmán, a Puerto Rico Department of Treasury employee, pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy that cost the island $5 million in lost tax revenue. The scheme, which lasted from February 2019 to March 2023, involved Jiménez-Guzmán accepting cash payments and other benefits in exchange for submitting false information to…
Alejandro Morales-Varela, Child Pornography Production, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Alejandro Morales-Varela, 25, and Gabriel Andrés Vélez-Ramírez, 28, were indicted and arrested for exploiting a 5-year-old boy in Puerto Rico. The men, from Arecibo and Lajas respectively, allegedly used a cellphone to produce and distribute child pornography between May and June 2026. Morales-Varela was arrested on June 26, 2026, and Vélez-Ramírez…
Myrna Faria, Embezzlement, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former Social Security Administration (SSA) employee, Myrna Faria, has been found guilty of stealing approximately $1,812,455.10 in SSA funds in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Faria, who worked as a Social Insurance Specialist and Claims Specialist from 1991 to 2019, embezzled the funds from March 2012 to March 2024 by submitting…
Robinson De La Cruz Hilario, Violent Crime, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Robinson De La Cruz Hilario, a Puerto Rico resident, was arrested by the FBI for making online threats of mass violence targeting the LGBTQ community and possessing illegal child exploitation material. The arrest was made after an investigation uncovered a pattern of alarming online activity between 2024 and 2026. Hilario made…
Roberto Gadiel León-López, Child Sex Trafficking, Minnesota 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 21-year-old man, Roberto Gadiel León-López, was arrested in Minnesota on May 12, 2026, for allegedly transporting a 13-year-old girl from her home to another location in Puerto Rico with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity in August 2024. The arrest was made following a traffic stop, and León-López…
Luis Ángel Domenech-Acabá, Child Pornography Production and Possession, Puerto Rico 2018
⏱ 2 min read A San Juan man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on a 15-year-old girl and producing a stash of child porn. Luis Ángel Domenech-Acabá, 35, was found guilty of producing and possessing child porn in a three-day trial last February. The evidence revealed Domenech-Acabá used his cell…
Juan Edgardo Negrón-Navarro, Child Exploitation, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Juan Edgardo Negrón-Navarro, a 28-year-old from Jayuya, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for exploiting two female minors and producing sexually explicit images of them. The crimes occurred between April 2023 and November 2024, with Negrón-Navarro using coercion and persuasion to exploit the minors, aged 15-16 and 17.…
Joely Rodríguez-Villega, Lying to FBI, Puerto Rico 2024
⏱ 2 min read Joely Rodríguez-Villega, a 28-year-old woman from San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been indicted for lying to the FBI about her whereabouts on the evening of March 29, 2024. According to court documents, Rodríguez-Villega willfully and knowingly made false statements to FBI agents, which is a federal crime. The indictment was returned…
