33 CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN CAYEY
From US Attorney's Office:
"On November 9, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico
returned a six-count indictment against 33 defendants charged with conspi-
racy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, controlled subs-
tances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney
for the District of Puerto Rico. Immigration and Customs Enforcement- Ho-
meland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) and the Puerto Rico Police De-
partment (PRPD), Guayama Strike Force, are in charge of the investigation.
The indictment alleges that beginning in 2008, the organization distributed
heroin, crack, cocaine, marihuana, Oxycodone (commonly known as Per-
cocet and Alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax) within 1,000 feet of a
real property comprising Luis Muñoz Morales and Brisas de Cayey Public
Housing Projects, San Tomás and Canteras Wards, and other areas nearby
and within the Municipality of Cayey, Puerto Rico, all for financial gain
and profit..."
GOVERNOR'S BROTHER SAYS NOT SUBJECT OF INQUIRY
From Caribbean Business:
"Luis Gerardo García Padilla, brother of Puerto Rico's governor and vice
president of marketing at healthcare plan Medicare y Mucho Más, confir-
med his appearance Thursday before a federal grand jury in the U.S. Dis-
trict Court in Hato Rey and said he is not the objective of the ongoing in-
vestigation. "I have provided all the information requested with hopes that
if there has been any violation of the law, my testimony helps bring out the
truth," he said. The jury is investigating an alleged corruption scheme rela-
ted to Anaudi Hernández Pérez, a Popular Democratic Party (PDP) fund-
raiser. The probe is said to involve Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Au-
thority (Prasa) executives as well as several other fundraisers and business
people close to the PDP..."
PREPA BILL PASSES ANOTHER COST TO CONSUMERS
From The San Juan Daily Star:
"The proposed Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) revitaliza-
tion bill will pass on to consumers the costs of the contribution in lieu of
taxes, or CELI, paid to the 78 municipalities as well as other subsidies,
which are estimated to be $800 million, according to the Energy Commi-
ssion. The cost will be on top of planned hike to electricity rates and the
inclusion of the costs of financing the restructuring of the utility’s $9 bi-
llion debt..."
US SENATE TO HOLD ANOTHER HEARING ON PR
From News Is My Business:
"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday
that he will convene a hearing on the Puerto Rico fiscal situation on Dec.
1., in Washington D.C. Grassley said his goal with the hearing is to “help
committee members and the public identify and gain a better understand-
ing of the root cause of Puerto Rico’s fiscal problems, discuss what’s cu-
rrently being done, and consider what options are available that could help
Puerto Rico get itself out of the present situation...”
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