CARACAS (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been
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Official 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
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Puerto Rico Mayor Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes For Millions In Municipal Contracts
SAN JUAN — A mayor pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in a bribery scheme in which he received cash payments in exchange for awarding Puerto
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St. Croix Senator Wants Justice Probe Into WAPA’s Shady VITOL Contract
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Following the release of a report detailing more than $113 million in cost overruns on a Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority project promised
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VIDOJ Gets $400,000 Award From Feds To Track Sex Offenders In The USVI
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a $400,000 grant from the U.S.
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Feds Give $125,520 For Substance Abuse Treatment For USVI Prisoners
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC) has received a $125,520 grant from the
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Feds Sue Limetree Bay In U.S. District Court Saying It Presents ‘Clear And Imminent’ Danger To Public Health, Environment
CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a complaint in federal court on Monday against
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Dominica Native Fighting Extradition To The USVI On Murder Charges Denied Bail
ROSEAU — A Dominica native who allegedly fled murder charges in the U.S. Virgin Islands five years ago, has been denied bail in his home
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Lisa Rene’s Convicted Killer-Rapist Orlando Hall Loses Late Appeal, Condemned To Die In Indiana In 17 Days
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — A federal prisoner scheduled for execution in just over two weeks for the 1994 kidnapping and murder of a St. Croix
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Arkansas Killer of 16-Year-Old St. Croix Student Lisa Rene Has Execution Date Set
ARLINGTON — A Texas death-row inmate convicted of kidnapping and killing a St. Croix teenager in 1994 has received a federal execution date in November, authorities said.
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