Privacy Policy: www.cnn.com (CNN) — In the biggest crackdown on police corruption in the FBI’s 102-year history, authorities charged a total of 133 individuals in Puerto Rico Wednesday as the result of a probe into whether police provided protection for drug dealers. All but four people, who were still being sought, were arrested Wednesday, authorities said. In all, 89 law enforcement officers and 44 other people were indicted as part of a two-year undercover investigation into 125 drug transactions. The scope of Operation Guard Shack was also described as unprecedented because 750 FBI personnel were flown to the island to carry out the raids and make arrests, Attorney General Eric Holder said. In total, he said, more than 1000 FBI personnel participated. The investigation began when an undercover FBI agent posed as a dealer selling multiple kilograms of cocaine and “put the word out that he needed security during drug deals,” the FBI said on its website. “Many of those who responded were cops. They actively took part in the transactions by carrying weapons and patting down the drug buyers — who were actually FBI informants.” The cops were paid between $500 and $4500 for their efforts, the FBI said. “In all, more than $500000 was paid in protection money.” Puerto Rico is a major shipping point for drugs between the East Coast and such South American countries as Colombia and Peru, said Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, the US attorney for Puerto Rico. She described the …
Good for Puerto Rico, they are attacking corruption, how about we do a corruption sweep in the states, there is an epidemic of corruption coming from Politicians, Police Officers, Big Corporations, priests you name it the USA has got it.
The Big Picture is that The biggest corruption is inside the Puerto Rico Federal Buildig.The PR FBI director and the The director of the Federal District attorney general office were both involve in bringing circumstantial evidence to acuse former Gobernor Anibal Acevedo Vila , the juru found him non guilty og all charges, his politicak competitor? A relative of the director PR Federal Court Attorney Genral. Comments were that both are to be transfer out, since then they have been, …..
doing the impossible to improve their public image. The so called Drug Megabust o Megaarrest, are fraud, look good to the innocet eye of the ignorants, but 80 police officers, and 30 drugaddicts (nono of the narcotraficants) cab be found in one hour in any coutry, including USA, the knew where they were for yeras, they have hundreds of names of dugaddicts, and when they eant to put a sow to justify al her expenditures an big salaries, they juts get aout an get them. No big deal….
doing the impossible to improve their public image. The so called Drug Megabust o They fool the US Secretary of Justice, he like any politician saw the big numbers, and saw an opportunity for a big press conference, the FBI director , Actual Gobernor Of PR whos is a close relative of the Federal Attorney General, and the FBI PR Police Superintendet tried to fool Puertoricans, but in the Island, everybody knows the truth, and any citizen can pinpoint 30 drugdealers, or corrupted police officers.
They took advantage of the sensacionalism of USA press and the poltical needs of Obama and his Justice Secretary, they dont know that they were intentionally misguided to put a fake Sow in front of the world and also to contributed to Bush plan of vengeance aggainst Puerto Rico, using the federal agencies to destroy the people of Puerto Rico Image aroun the World for liberating Vieques from Us Navy Abuse.
@cia5000 right on bro