AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents intercepted a center console vessel near Cabo Rojo, finding 695 pounds (315.4 Kilos) of cocaine …
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MIAMI— U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations rescued four adults from a sinking vessel, approximately three nautical miles south of Marathon, Florida, Wednesday morning. Two 41-foot Coastal …
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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington has sentenced Obed Almaguer Garrido (48, Tampa) to five years’ probation, during which period he will be prohibited from operating any watercraft, …
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AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –US. Border Patrol and Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces for Rapid Action (FURA, for its Spanish acronym) agents intercepted Wednesday an outbound 18 -ft vessel where four …
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LISBON – Firefighters are struggling to put out a fire that broke out on Wednesday on a vessel carrying thousands of luxury cars, which is adrift off the coast of …
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GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT AGAINST PUERTO RICAN RESIDENT AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CITIZEN FOR TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS ON A MARITIME VESSEL
by DOJ PressSt. Thomas, USVI – On February 17, 2022, a federal Grand Jury returned a seven-count Bill of Indictment against Alejo Ocasio Venerio, 31, of Puerto Rico, and Franklyn Grullon …
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ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents, along with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), intercepted Sunday …
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The U.S. Navy seized $4 million of heroin from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea, officials announced Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The USS Tempest and USS Typhoon busted …
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Puerto Rican Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Smuggling $3.75 Million Onboard a Vessel Interdicted Near Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, USVI
by DOJ PressSt. Thomas, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Jerry Kirkland-Marrero, 31, from Puerto Rico, was sentenced today to 40 months imprisonment, followed by 30 months of supervised …
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Puerto Man Apprehended on a Vessel with $ 316,930 in U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to Federal Agents; Vessel and U.S. Currency are Forfeited
by DOJ PressST. Thomas, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert of the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a Puerto Rico man pleaded guilty in federal court today to making …
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Captain of Vessel is Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling $287,660 in U.S. Currency into St. Thomas Following High-Speed Chase and Apprehension Near Savana Island
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