SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 94 Dominicans to the Dominican Republic Thursday afternoon, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages near Puerto Rico. The interdictions are the
Read moreCoast Guard Searches For People In The Water After Boat Capsizes Off Shacks Beach In Isabela
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard aircrews and local emergency authorities are searching for possible persons in the water, following the capsizing of a makeshift boat, about
Read moreThe Price You Sometimes Pay For Human Trafficking, Drug Smuggling Is … Your Life
MIAMI — Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near Florida’s coast with
Read moreDominican Man Who Used WhatsApp To Try To Throw Feds Off Cocaine Trail Gets 2.75 Years
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican man who tried to evade scrutiny of his illegal drug trafficking operation by using the offline app WhatsApp got nearly
Read morePuerto Rico Man Gets 6 Months In Prison After Bringing $316,930 By Sea To St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who came to St. Thomas with more than $300,000 in cold cash stuffed into the cooler on his
Read moreLottery Office Employee Struck Down By Stray Bullet As She Prepared To Leave For Work
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix woman getting ready to leave for work was struck by a stray bullet inside her home as warring drug factions
Read moreArmored Truck CEO Admits Fraud In Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy
MIAMI — Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck,
Read moreAs Surge of Migrants Arriving In Puerto Rico By Sea Continues, 45 Are Detained In Beach Town
SAN JUAN — John Parry was at his rental home in the Puerto Rican coastal town of Rincón on Monday afternoon when he spotted dozens
Read moreOfficial Says Puerto Rico’s Senate Targeted By Cyberattack
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s Senate announced Wednesday that it was the target of a cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and official
Read moreColombian Who Used Fake ID To Bring Ecstasy To St. Croix Admits To Not Being A U.S. Citizen
CHRISTIANSTED — A Colombian national who brought ecstasy, ketamine and a fake ID to the St. Croix airport last December has admitted to entering the
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