Members and Associates of Transnational Criminal Organization Based Out of Añasco, Puerto Rico, Indicted for Violating the RICO Act as part of Homeland Security Task Force Initiative

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal indictment was unsealed today in the District of Puerto Rico charging six defendants with 23 counts of racketeering—murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations, committed in furtherance of a transnational criminal organization based out of Añasco, Puerto Rico, that engaged in large-scale drug trafficking in coordination with Venezuela, Colombia, and Dominican Republic sources of supply, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.