Drug gang members arrested

On Sunday, 10 March 2019, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) in a joint operation with US Marshal agents arrested a Puerto Rican man and woman said to be members of the Revolutionary Armed Force from Cantera (FARC), a dangerous Puerto Rican drug dealers gang. Janelys Delgado Rey and Fernando Hilario Figueroa were arrested over the weekend in Santo Domingo. Janelys Delgado Rey is said to be the partner of Vladimir Natera, who is thought to be the head of the drug network.

Since 2006 FARC gang members have been selling crack, marijuana, heroin, cocaine and Percocet, along with other drugs, in the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan as well as the United States.

On 28 February 2019, the Federal Prosecutor of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez, had informed that members of the gang were hiding in the Dominican Republic. The operation was disbanded in Puerto Rico on 27 February 2019 as part of “Operation Crocodile.” Rodríguez said the gang had a reputation for throwing their victims to crocodiles that they kept as pets.

On 2 March 2019 the security forces arrested two other FARC members, Waldemar Febres Sánchez and Edison Merced Olivera, and deported these immediately to Puerto Rico to respond to judicial charges there.

The authorities say that together with US Marshal agents they are on the trail of FARC fugitives Vladimir Natera Abreu and Josel Rivera Verdejo.

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12 March 2019