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Coast Guard Searches For 2 Overdue Fishermen In Waters Off Vieques and Yabucoa

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard air and surface crews are searching for two overdue fishermen Saturday in waters south of Vieques and Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Overdue are Marcos Jonael Calzada Parilla…

John McCarthy March 14, 2022

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Coast Guard Helicopter Searches For Missing Snorkeler In Punta Arenas Vieques

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching Thursday for a missing missing snorkeler in waters just off Punta Arenas in Vieques, Puerto Rico. The missing snorkeler is Joanna…

John McCarthy December 10, 2021

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2 Men From Vieques Arrested After Being Stopped On Boat With $100,000 Cash On It

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Viequensians taking $100,000 cash to St. Thomas on a boat not using operational lights were arrested Monday and charged with smuggling. Julius Alvarez-Gonzalez, 31, and Jimmy…

John McCarthy July 28, 2021

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Vieques With No Food Or Gas For Days After Cargo Ship Breaks Down

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — At the María Simmons school, hundreds lined up on a recent morning to receive their COVID-19 shots in Vieques, an island off Puerto Rico’s eastern shores.…

VI Free Press March 15, 2021

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2 Vieques Natives Check Into St. Thomas Hotel With A Duffel Bag Full Of Cocaine, Feds Say

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Puerto Rico natives checked into a waterfront-area hotel on St. Thomas and brought with them a duffel bag full of cocaine, authorities said. Rafael Velez-Lopez, 24,…

VI Free Press September 29, 2020