波多黎各Aguadilla贩毒组织17名成员被起诉：涉海洛因、芬太尼与枪支，没收指控433万美元
美国司法部波多黎各区联邦检察官办公室宣布，波多黎各 Aguadilla 一个贩毒组织的17名成员被联邦大陪审团起诉，罪名包括共谋持有并意图分销、分销受管制物质及多项涉枪罪名；起诉书指该组织自2022年起在 Aguadilla 的 Las Muñecas 公共住房项目1,000英尺范围内贩运海洛因、块状可卡因（crack）与芬太尼，并伴随枪击与谋杀等暴力行为，检方同时提出433.4万美元的毒品没收指控。
起诉书于10月21日由大陪审团递交。波多黎各区代理联邦检察官 Héctor Ramírez Carbó 表示，这类贩毒组织助长毒瘾、毒害青少年、散播恐惧并危及无辜生命，当日的逮捕行动向以贩毒与涉枪犯罪危害社区者发出明确信号。缉毒局（DEA）加勒比区主管 Michael Mayer 表示，这项名为「Los Tíos」的行动显示缉毒局的执法覆盖波多黎各全境。
据起诉书，该组织在 Aguadilla 及周边的多个住房项目与社区经营毒品销售点，成员分任头目、毒点业主、打手、跑腿、卖手、望风与协助者等角色，通过双向电台、手机、即时通讯与社交平台联络，头目开会处理纠纷、下达指令。
17名被告中，6人面临一项在贩毒犯罪中持有枪支的指控，其中1人另面临一项在贩毒中持有机关枪的指控。被起诉者包括 Alexander Torres Cintrón、Jonathan Pérez Cintrón、Fernando M. Pagán Flores、Wesley Ortiz-Soto 与 Jesús Román Marrero 等17人。
按检方公布的刑罚，毒品罪名成立者面临最低10年、最高终身监禁；毒品与枪支罪名同时成立者最低15年；机关枪一项成立者须强制最低30年、且须与毒品罪刑期分开连续执行。本案由缉毒局与波多黎各警察局 Aguadilla 打击部队主导调查，属国土安全任务部队（HSTF）行动的一部分。起诉书仅为指控，全部被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
17 Members of an Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted on Heroin, Fentanyl and Firearms Charges, with a $4.33 Million Forfeiture Allegation
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico announced that a federal grand jury has indicted 17 members of a drug trafficking organization in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and firearms violations. The indictment alleges the organization distributed heroin, cocaine base (crack) and fentanyl from 2022 within 1,000 feet of the Las Muñecas Public Housing Project in Aguadilla, participated in shootings and murders to further the operation, and faces a narcotics forfeiture allegation of $4,334,375.
The indictment was returned on October 21, 2026. Acting U.S. Attorney Héctor Ramírez Carbó said drug trafficking organizations like the one alleged inflict profound harm on communities, fueling addiction, poisoning youth, sowing fear and endangering innocent lives, and that the arrests send a clear message. Michael Mayer, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Caribbean Division, said the operation, called Los Tíos, shows the DEA's mission extends throughout Puerto Rico.
According to the indictment, the organization operated drug points out of housing projects and wards in and around Aguadilla, communicating by two-way radios, cell phones, instant messaging and social media, with leaders holding meetings to resolve issues and give instructions. Members acted as leaders, drug point owners, enforcers, runners, sellers, lookouts and facilitators.
Six of the 17 defendants face a charge of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and one of them also faces a count of possessing a machine gun in furtherance of drug trafficking. The defendants include Alexander Torres Cintrón, Jonathan Pérez Cintrón, Fernando M. Pagán Flores, Wesley Ortiz-Soto and Jesús Román Marrero.
If convicted on the drug charges, the defendants face a minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison; if convicted of both the drug and firearms charges, a minimum of 15 years; and the machine-gun count carries a mandatory minimum of 30 years to be served consecutively. The investigation was led by the DEA and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau's Aguadilla Strike Force as part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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