Tag: San Juan
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…
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…
Félix Ebdiel Muñiz-Rivera, Child Abuse, Puerto Rico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 21-year-old from Camuy, Puerto Rico, Félix Ebdiel Muñiz-Rivera, is headed to prison for 20 years after preying on two five-year-old girls. The convicted child predator recorded himself assaulting the minors and sent the videos to unknown recipients via his unlocked cellphone. The abuse started in June 2025 and continued until…
