All of the defendants are facing a narcotics forfeiture allegation of 55 million dollars. Forty-one (41) of the defendants are facing one charge of using and carrying firearms during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The 104 defendants acted in different roles in order to further the goals of their organization, to wit: 22 leaders/drug point owners/drug point administrators nine (9) enforcers 13 suppliers 13 runners, 42 sellers, and five (5) drug processors. Co-conspirators would also pay bribes to law enforcement officers in exchange for information on informants or cooperators, and on law enforcement initiatives to disrupt the drug points. All firearms used during the commission of these violent acts would be returned to the leader of the organization for their disposal. This new gang identified themselves as Los Menores or the “new blood.” The goal of Los Menores was to take over and maintain control of all the drug trafficking activities in Bayamón and other areas, by force, violence, and intimidation.Īs part of the manner and means of the conspiracy, the defendants and co-conspirators were instructed to shoot and kill suspected rival drug trafficking members. The public housing facilities are: Virgilio Dávila, Rafael Falín Torrench, Brisas de Bayamón, Jardines de Caparra, Las Gardenias, La Alambra, José Celso Barbosa, Los Jeannie, Alegría Norte, Jardines de Cataño, Sierra Linda, Los Laureles and Los Dominicos and Villa Olga, Río Plantation and El Polvorín Wards.Īccording to the indictment, in the year 2010, this drug trafficking organization gained control of most of the housing projects and wards within Bayamón and the areas nearby, after federal authorities incarcerated most of the leaders from nearly all the drug gangs in the area.
The indictment alleges that beginning in the year 2010, the defendants conspired to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack,” heroin, cocaine, and marihuana within 1,000 feet of a real property comprising housing facilities owned by a public housing authority in the municipalities of Bayamón, Toa Baja, Cataño, Naranjito, Comerío, and Corozal.
The defendants are charged in a nine-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, use of firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence, including, murder, drive-by shooting, and other related offenses. SAN JUAN, PR – A federal grand jury has indicted 104 individuals as a result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) Bayamón Strike Force, the United States Marshals Service, and the San Juan Municipal Police, announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
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