Tag: San Juan
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…
Mario Trevino, Smuggling with Concealment, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 53-year-old San Juan resident, Mario Trevino, has been caught and sentenced for his role in a brazen smuggling operation. On October 28, 2025, Trevino drove a tractor trailer to a Border Patrol checkpoint near Sarita, claiming the trailer was empty. But law enforcement soon discovered six illegal aliens hiding in…
Carlos Manuel Cotto-Cruz, Drug Trafficking, Puerto Rico 2025
⏱ 3 min read A notorious Puerto Rico cocaine dealer got 15 years in the slammer for running a massive narcotics operation that peddled cocaine, crack, fentanyl, marijuana, and heroin. Carlos Manuel Cotto-Cruz was collared back in 2021 after a 6-month manhunt. On May 7, 2021, PR police found Cotto-Cruz hiding in Orocovis, Puerto Rico.…
Juan Pablo Ledezma, Narcotics Trafficking, Texas 2007
⏱ 2 min read La Familia Nunca Muere, a notorious gang, was busted on March 17, 2026, in San Juan, Morovis, and Cataño, Puerto Rico, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and firearms violations. The 52 members, including leaders and enforcers, were charged as part of a…
Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur, Money Laundering, Puerto Rico 2021
⏱ 3 min read Two alleged drug money launderers are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after being extradited from the Dominican Republic this week. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta are accused of funneling millions in drug cash through cryptocurrency in an attempt to hide its origins. The pair were arrested January…
