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Agents Seize $27 Million In U.S. Currency Inside Boxes Bound For St. Thomas from San Juan Puerto Rico port

https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/agents-seize-27-million-us-currency-inside-boxes-bound-st-thomas U.S. Attorneys » District of Puerto Rico » News Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Puerto Rico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Agents Seize $27 Million In U.S. Currency Inside Boxes Bound For St. Thomas … Continue reading

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Border Patrol Seizes $14.8 Million Dollars Worth Of Cocaine, Arrests 4 Illegal Immigrants Near Puerto Rico

https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/27/customs-border-patrol-cocaine-illegal-immigrants-puerto-rico Border Patrol Seizes $14.8 Million Dollars Worth Of Cocaine, Arrests 4 Illegal Immigrants Near Puerto Rico Photo: US Customs and Border Protection Kaylee Greenlee Reporter August 27, 2020 11:27 PM ET Font Size: A small boat reportedly carrying four … Continue reading

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A coordinated strategy against drug trafficking in Puerto Rico

https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/editorial/a-coordinated-strategy-against-drug-trafficking lunes, 29 de junio de 2020 A coordinated strategy against drug trafficking The report by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) refers to the big challenges government face in confronting the persistent threat of drug trafficking, as … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico’s Big Pharma Push to Bring More Good High-Paying Jobs

Let’s give tax incentives to the pharmaceutical industry to bring more good high-paying jobs to Puerto Rico, while also reducing our dependence on China. https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/article/21132824/puerto-ricos-pharma-push Puerto Rico’s Big Pharma Push The U.S. territory, already home to 12 of the 20 … Continue reading

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US Coast Guard Seizes Half Ton of Cocaine near Puerto Rico

  https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-coast-guard-seizes-half-ton-cocaine-near-puerto-rico US Coast Guard Seizes Half Ton of Cocaine near Puerto Rico ByVOA News May 28, 2020 12:32 AM FILE – A Puerto Rican flag flies on an empty beach at Ocean Park, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico – Corruption, Seems to be Systemic

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/caribbean/pr-corruption.htm Puerto Rico – Corruption One aspect of Puerto Rico’s economy, of which little is known, is the informal, unregulated, and illegal underground economy. This is mostly a cash and service economy. The illegal trade of drugs, for example, has … Continue reading

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Pharmaceutical industry: Eyes on Puerto Rico – To reduce overdependence on China for drug supply, increase production in PR with tax incentives

  https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/english/nota/pharmaceuticalindustryeyesonpuertorico-2551776 Pharmaceutical industry: Eyes on Puerto Rico Discussion on new incentives to increase the production of pharmaceuticals on the island after the crisis in China revives Tuesday, March 10, 2020 – 9:04 AM By José A. Delgado The federal … Continue reading

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New Public Safety Secretary will fight drug trafficking in Puerto Rico

  https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/english/nota/newpublicsafetysecretarywillfightdrugtrafficking-2536891 New Public Safety Secretary will fight drug trafficking Pedro Janer, former Inspector and Acting Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Caribbean operations says he wants to “take the streets back” from criminals Tuesday, December 24, 2019 – 10:32 … Continue reading

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The violence that undoes Puerto Rico

http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=FFCFEDAAEAADBC0F2D12154D1EBD3C63 Opinion / Editorial The violence that undoes the Country Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 As reported, sixteen murders occurred in Puerto Rico between January 1 and January 6, 2019. This is more than 2 deaths a day in the … Continue reading

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Top FBI official says there’s a “crisis of violence” in Puerto Rico

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi-official-says-theres-a-crisis-of-violence-in-puerto-rico Top FBI official says there’s a “crisis of violence” in Puerto Rico By Camilo Montoya-Galvez Updated on: January 9, 2019 / 4:22 PM / CBS News Vega Alta, Puerto Rico — The top FBI official in Puerto Rico said the … Continue reading

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