F.B.I. Arrests 129 in Police Corruption Sweep in Puerto Rico
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
NYT
WASHINGTON — In what officials described as the largest investigation into police corruption in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Justice Department on Wednesday announced the indictment of 89 police officers and 44 other people in Puerto Rico on drug trafficking charges.
More than 900 F.B.I. agents fanned out across the island on Wednesday to arrest 129 of the 133 suspects. Four others were still at large on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Charges laid out in 26 separate indictments accuse the police officers and law enforcement officials of providing security for drug deals, in exchange for payments ranging from $500 to $4,500 per transaction. The investigation included 125 deals carried out by undercover F.B.I. agents between July 2008 and September 2010, federal officials said.
“This department has one message for anyone willing to abuse the public trust for personal gain: You will be caught. You will be stopped. And you will be punished,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said to reporters at a news conference announcing the indictments.
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NYT
WASHINGTON — In what officials described as the largest investigation into police corruption in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Justice Department on Wednesday announced the indictment of 89 police officers and 44 other people in Puerto Rico on drug trafficking charges.
More than 900 F.B.I. agents fanned out across the island on Wednesday to arrest 129 of the 133 suspects. Four others were still at large on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Charges laid out in 26 separate indictments accuse the police officers and law enforcement officials of providing security for drug deals, in exchange for payments ranging from $500 to $4,500 per transaction. The investigation included 125 deals carried out by undercover F.B.I. agents between July 2008 and September 2010, federal officials said.
“This department has one message for anyone willing to abuse the public trust for personal gain: You will be caught. You will be stopped. And you will be punished,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said to reporters at a news conference announcing the indictments.
(More here.)
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