Puerto Rico turns to DOJ amid escalating post-Maria drug-fueled violence - News Summed Up

Puerto Rico turns to DOJ amid escalating post-Maria drug-fueled violence


“Criminals are taking care of business before the hurricane.”Last month, a federal grand jury indicted 104 people they claim are part of a drug cartel operating in Puerto Rico. “Ten years later, these were the kids that we left out there,” Jacqueline Novas-Debien, Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, told Fox News. “They grew up and took over.”The vicious new breed of thugs started expanding their turf out of Puerto Rico’s housing projects by any means necessary. Los Menores routinely used force, violence and intimidation to gain control of most of the public housing projects in the area after federal authorities locked up leaders from nearby gangs. “(Attorney Genera Sessions) understands that for Puerto Rico to rebuild, people have to have safety and peace of mind,” DOJ spokesman Ian Prior told Fox News.


Source: Fox News March 02, 2018 16:40 UTC



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