U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico
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Jadhiel Andrés Cedeño-Gómez, a 22-year-old resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico, has been arrested on charges related to child exploitation.
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A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico has indicted José Amaurys Torres-Abreu, 28, of Vieques, on charges related to child exploitation.
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Two individuals from Puerto Rico have been sentenced in separate federal cases involving child exploitation offenses.
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Byron Andújar-Ramos has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for the sexual exploitation of a female minor who is deaf and mute.
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British Virgin Islands authorities have extradited Francis Hidalgo-Cedano, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in the District of Puerto Rico.
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On January 28, 2026, United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón sentenced two individuals in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to prison terms for offenses related to child exploitation.
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Manfred A. Pentzke Lemus was sentenced on January 28, 2026, to more than eight years in federal prison for leading a multi-million dollar scheme to obtain COVID-19 relief funds through fraud.
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Dominican authorities have extradited Esteffani José Vasquez-Amarante, also known as “Ethian” or “Baby,” to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering in the District of Puerto Rico.
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On January 7, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Jeremy Ruiz-Rosario, age 22, of Trujillo Alto, for two carjackings that took place in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
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The United States Department of Justice, together with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, has launched a new educational outreach initiative called Breaking the Cycle to address...
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Eight women, including an employee of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PRDOL), have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain $619,923 in unemployment compensation and make kickback...
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Two men were arrested in Puerto Rico on December 4, 2025, on federal child exploitation charges following investigations by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Taskforce.
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Three individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico on charges of bribery and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana through the U.S. Postal Service.
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A federal grand jury has indicted three officers from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau on charges including civil rights violations, conspiracy to falsify records, falsification of records, and making false statements to federal agents.
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Two men from Manatí, Puerto Rico, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to traffic suboxone and introducing contraband into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo.
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On November 21, 2025, Elsa Santiago-Colón, an employee of the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury (Departamento de Hacienda), pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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Two municipal police officers from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to drug trafficking.
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Colombian national Jose Orlando Buitrago-Rodríguez, also known as “Tito el Borracho,” has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in the District of Puerto Rico.
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A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico has indicted Luz Maria Peña Lopez, 55, and her daughter, Tatiana Correa Peña, 36, both of Carolina, on charges of forced labor and conspiracy to commit forced labor.
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A federal grand jury has charged 14 individuals linked to the transnational criminal organization known as "La V" with drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and money laundering.