July 16, 2010
Contact: SA Waldo Santiago
Public Information Officer
Number: (787) 277-4700
DEA Lead Investigation Result In 110 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality of Bayamn, Puerto Rico
JUL 16 --  SAN JUAN, PR - Rosa Emilia-Rodrguez-Vlez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, announced today that on July 14, 2010, a federal grand jury indicted one hundred and ten (110) individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) - Bayamn Strike Force. The defendants are charged in a two-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute narcotics and controlled substances. Count two charges twenty (20) defendants of using and carrying firearms during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
DEA and PRPD agents execute arrest warrant.  Under heavy rain DEA and PRPD agents provide security to Assistant U.S. Attorneys (under the umbrella) on scene to handle any legal issues.
Today over 350 agents from the DEA, ATF, and the PRPD Bayamn Strike Force executed the 110 arrest warrants in the at the Virgilio Dvila, Las Gardenias, Brisas de Bayamn and Falin Torrech Public Housing Projects and other areas in Bayamn, PR announced Jacier F. Pea, Special Agnet in Charge of the DEA Caribbean Division and Hugo Barrera, Special Agent In Charge of ATF Miami Division.