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Dominican Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty To Illegally Re-Entering The U.S. Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic man previously deported after being convicted of heroin possession pleaded guilty this week to illegally re-entering the territory, authorities said. Timoteo Upia-Frias, 74, of…

John McCarthy October 6, 2021

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4 Santo Domingo Men With 1,146 Pounds Of Cocaine Face Drug Smuggling Charges

CHARLOTTE AMALIE —Four Santo Domingo men face federal drug smuggling charges after the U.S. Coast Guard seized 1,146 pounds of cocaine and two go-fast vessels off the southern coast of…

John McCarthy September 10, 2021

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Coast Guard Takes 91 Illegal Migrants Back To The Dominican Republic Today

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Reliance crew repatriated 91 migrants to the Dominican Republic today from three at-sea interdictions in the Mona Passage off the west coast of Puerto…

John McCarthy September 3, 2021

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Coast Guard Seizes $51 Million In Cocaine After At-Sea Drug Bust Near The BVI

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge crew offloaded approximately 1,700 kilograms of seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan Friday, following the disruption go-fast vessel smuggling…

John McCarthy September 3, 2021

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Coast Guard Takes 23 Illegal Sea Migrants Back To Hispaniola; 2,100 Since October

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser repatriated 11 Dominican migrants and returned 12 Haitians to the Dominican Republic Saturday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage in the…

John McCarthy August 31, 2021

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PULLED PORK? USDA Frets About African Swine Fever In USVI, Puerto Rico Animals

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to designate the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as a “protection zone,” a World Organization for Animal Health…

John McCarthy August 30, 2021

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2 Quakes In 3 Days Jolt Saint Martin And The Dominican Republic, USGS Says

SANTO DOMINGO —The U.S. Geological Survey reported a "minor magnitude" earthquake was recorded in the Dominican Republic late this morning. The jolt happened near El Valle, Provincia de Hato Mayor,…

John McCarthy August 13, 2021

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USDA Monitoring Outbreak Of African Swine Fever In The Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO — The Dominican Republic's agriculture ministry is restricting pig shipments and mobilizing the military to contain the spread of African swine fever as the United States and Mexico…

Bro Bot August 2, 2021

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Haiti’s History of Violence and Rebellion

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th…

Bro Bot July 24, 2021

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Dominican Man Who Took 2,500 Pounds Of Cocaine To Puerto Rico Gets 11 Years

CHARLOTTE AMAKIE — A Dominican Republic man who thought he would make $200,000 by taking 2,500 pounds of cocaine from Venezuela to Puerto Rico — instead got 11 years in…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021