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Crime in Puerto Rico describes acts of violent and non-violent crime that take place within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. To combat crime, the Puerto Rican government adopted a broad anti-crime policy referred to locally as "mano dura contra el crimen" (or simply mano dura ), "iron fist against crime".
The Government of Puerto Rico has struggled to combat illegal drug use and the resulting crime since the mid-1970s. [5] Their efforts have been referred to as a " War on Drugs ". [ 6 ] Though drug use was uncommon in Puerto Rico in the 1950s, it markedly increased in the late 1960s.
By 2004, La ONU had many members controlling the drug trafficking trade in all of Puerto Rico. ONU helped transport shipments from Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries to the United States. In 2009, Ayala Vazquez was arrested by the FBI and 65 members of his organization were indicted. [1] Jose Colon was arrested ...
Two men in Puerto Rico on Monday pleaded guilty of conspiring to commit a hate crime involving a transgender woman who was killed more than three years ago. The men were accused of threatening and ...
Two men have been arrested in Puerto Rico in the shooting death of two transgender women whose bodies were found last week in a burned-out car. The two suspects, Juan Carlos Pagán Bonilla, 21 and ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Five people were killed in a drive-by shooting in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, forcing authorities to close a portion of a highway, police said Tuesday.
Puerto Rico portal; Main article is Crime in Puerto Rico. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. ...
At the time, it was one of the worst crimes in the annals of Puerto Rico crime history. The death penalty sentence on Arocho was appealed and made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, only to be upheld. [3] They were both hanged on June 27, 1927. [4] [5] The last person executed in Puerto Rico was Pascual Ramos, hanged for murder in 1927.