Tag: puerto rico
Jhon Dennis Guerrero-Trotman, Cocaine Trafficking, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Four men – Jhon Dennis Guerrero-Trotman, Jaime José Marval-Gutiérrez, José Gregorio Pereira-Orfila, and Héctor Gregorio Jiménez-Herrera – were indicted on April 30, 2026, for their roles in a massive cocaine trafficking operation that brought over 1,350 kilograms of the illicit substance from Venezuela into Puerto Rico. The bust, which occurred on…
Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, Wetland Destruction, Puerto Rico 2020
⏱ 3 min read A Puerto Rico man’s greed has left a toxic legacy in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, a Salinas resident, has admitted to dumping concrete and other fill material in the protected wetlands, home to endangered species like the brown pelican and West Indian manatee. Between January 2020…
Jhoan A. Rodríguez-Núñez, Cocaine Trafficking, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen cocaine smuggling operation was foiled off the coast of Puerto Rico on April 28-29, 2026, when US Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted a 30-foot yacht carrying 1,418 pounds of the deadly drug. The interdiction unfolded just before 11 PM when an Air and Marine Operations Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft…
Erick Osorio-Rivera, Conspiracy to Receive Firearms, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read A husband and wife duo from Massachusetts and their Puerto Rico associate are facing federal charges for smuggling firearms to the island through the US Postal Service. According to a federal indictment, Erick Osorio-Rivera and his wife Bianca Vidal Vázquez-Millán bought guns in Massachusetts and used the Priority Mail service to…
Two Brothers, Environmental Felony, New York 1995
⏱ 3 min read San Juan, Puerto Rico. For years, toxic waste tycoons Ramón Plaza-Gregory and Ileana Cortés-González turned a blind eye to the law, pumping filth into the air from their commercial incinerator in Aguadilla. The poison they spewed out was a direct result of a twisted game of cat and mouse with regulators,…
Juan Hernandez, Child Exploitation, Puerto Rico 2023
⏱ 2 min read HSI agents in Puerto Rico have busted two men for child exploitation, bringing a dark world of sex crimes into the light. Alen Melendez-Santiago, 25, from Toa Baja, and Edwin Mendez-Perez, 50, from Caguas, face federal charges for preying on minors. Melendez-Santiago allegedly coerced a 14-year-old girl into making child pornography…
Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño, Cocaine Importation, Puerto Rico 2026
⏱ 3 min read A notorious cocaine trafficker from Colombia has been brought to justice in Puerto Rico, accused of smuggling the deadly drug into the US for years. Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño was extradited from Colombia on April 17, 2026, after being arrested on March 10, 2025, at the request of US authorities. According to…
Juan Pablo Garcia, Cocaine Trafficking, California 2020
⏱ 3 min read A Puerto Rican kingpin has pleaded guilty to running a massive cocaine trafficking empire that flooded the US mainland and Puerto Rico with millions of dollars’ worth of the deadly drug. José Julio Rodríguez-Cumba, a.k.a. ‘Chambi’, admitted to directing a large-scale organization that imported and distributed over 2,000 kilograms of cocaine…
Mario Guzman, Housing Allowance Fraud, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Coast Guard Petty Officer swindled $32,260 in housing allowance funds from the US government by making false claims about his living arrangements in Puerto Rico. Mario Guzman, a Petty Officer Second Class Maritime Enforcement Specialist, applied for Temporary Lodging Allowance funds on four separate occasions, claiming his family incurred…
Elid Jesuel Pizarro-Morales, Child Exploitation, Puerto Rico 2025
⏱ 2 min read Feds have busted two child predators in Puerto Rico, accused of preying on young boys for explicit images and videos. Elid Jesuel Pizarro-Morales, 22, of Carolina, allegedly used a social app to groom and coerce four minors, aged 12 to 14, into making hardcore porn in 2025. He also stashed thousands…
