DEA agents arrest alleged drug kingpin in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (BNO NEWS) — Special agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested Puerto Rico’s and Dominican Republic’s most wanted fugitive on Saturday.

Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa-Agosto, who is also known as Jr. Capsula, was taken into custody at around noon local time in San Juan, the capital of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

Figueroa-Agosto was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service’s Puerto Rico Fugitive Task Force for escaping from a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Correctional Facility about 10 years ago where he was serving a 209-year sentence for kidnapping.

At the federal level, Figueroa-Agosto was wanted by the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service for passport fraud and by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Figueroa-Agosto is also wanted by Dominican Republic’s authorities for multiple Dominican law violations to include kidnapping, money laundering, drug trafficking and murder.

Dominican authorities have described Figueroa-Agosto as the “Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean.”

DEA agents turned over custody of Figueroa-Agosto to the U.S. Marshals Service, District of Puerto Rico.

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