Tag: San Juan
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…
Juan Hernandez, Trafficking Cocaine, Puerto Rico 2020
⏱ 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…
