In a joint operation between the FBI, the Dominican National Police and the US Marshals Service, Vladimir Natera-Abreu and Joset Rivera Verdejo, both fugitives since February 2019, were arrested today. This was reported by W. Stephen Muldrow, Attorney General for the United States. States for the Puerto Rico district.
Natera-Abreu was one of the main leaders of the drug trafficking organization known as “Las FARC” (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cantera) and a suspect in several murders, including rapper Kevin Fret and most recently influencer “Pinky Curvy” , who was a member of the FARC.
“The FARC” operated, inter alia, from Barrio Obrero, Santurce, in the El Guano, Playita, William Street, Once Street, Cantera sector and the Villa Kennedy, Las Casas, El Mirador and Las Margaritas public housing projects, among others and since 2006, approximately .
Natera-Abreu and Rivera Verdejo had previously been charged in a seven-count charge of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, possession and distribution of heroin, crack, cocaine and marijuana, and possession of a firearm. in promoting drug trafficking.
The accused drug conspiracy included 75 suspects. Assistant United States attorneys Alberto López-Rocafort and Teresa S. Zapata-Valladares are charged with prosecuting the case.
If convicted, the accused faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to life in prison.