US Indicts 81 Puerto Rico Gang Members Over $49 Million Drug Ring
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 27
US Indicts 81 Puerto Rico Gang Members Over $49 Million Drug Ring
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 27
Summary
Eighty-one alleged Los Baja Deo members were indicted in Puerto Rico after the FBI and local police arrested 70 suspects on Wednesday in a western-island drug takedown.
Prosecutors said the group had operated since 2021, moving cocaine, crack, fentanyl, heroin and marijuana and generating $49 million; 21 defendants also face illegal firearms charges.
Mayagüez public housing projects and nearby neighborhoods were exposed to violence and addiction through the network, Blanche said, adding investigators are still pursuing uncharged co-conspirators.
Blanche also tied the case to a broader regional crackdown, announcing 26 arrests targeting Ecuador's Los Choneros and Los Lobos, plus the extradition of alleged kingpin Erick Randhiel Mosquea Polanco.