Posted on 10/06/2010 8:34:33 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Federal agents were arresting more than 100 people, 60 of them police officers, Wednesday in a major law enforcement operation targeting corruption in Puerto Rico, according to a senior law enforcement source familiar with the case.
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Mi papá va a estar MUY OCUPADO en los próximos días y meses...
Thanks for sharing the previous FR posted link.
I bet.
sorry for the repeat post — I ran a title search for “Puerto Rico” before posting, and didn’t see it
That’s okay. I’m glad you put it in breaking news where it is more visible.
Eric Holder/DoJ presser on right now.
ERIC HOLDER:
125 undercover drug transactions....
60 police officers, three US Armed Forces “soldiers”...
2 year investigation...
“Operation Guard Check”
ERIC HOLDER:
“Proud of San Juan FBI Field Office”
Cops guarded drug shipments...32 civilians also arrested.
Puerto Rico? nah.. you don’t say...
Eric Holder now speaking in Spanish giving reassurances to the people of Puerto Rico regarding security issues.
PR Police has slightly over 17,000 officers.
Any mention of DEA and their involvement, if any?
Details are still scant. So far I’ve heard:
The Puerto Rico Police and San Juan Police departments cooperated with the investigation. It was mainly an FBI sting.
60+ cops, three National Guardsmen, 32 civilians arrested.
“Any mention of DEA and their involvement, if any?”
I was wondering the same as I believe DOJ entirely to corrupt under Holder, and anything successful as this appears by what little I read about it would more than likely have been DEA.
Exactly!
FBI Spanish language presser in San Juan on right now:
Drug traffickers paid cops from $400 to $4,000 to protect drug shipments.
San Juan FBI Field Office presser:
This were not real drug shipments. Local police officers complained of corruption within the force.
The FBI set up the undercover operation in which they staged fake shipments and baited corrupt police officers for protection.
The National Guard soldiers had been assigned as augmentees to the PR Police as part of a state mobilization.
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