

“Guitarreño”, “Guitarra” Emmanuel Mercedes-Morán, a.k.a.

“Coquito” Luis Manuel Resto-Reyes, a.k.a. “Irving”, “Elvin” Frajamilis Maldonado-Cruz, a.k.a. “Tripa”, “Tribi” Orlando Martínez-Núñez, a.k.a. “Ardilla” David Manuel Vélez-Torres, a.k.a. “R”, “Raymond”, “Doble Cincuenta” David Oliveras-Lugo, a.k.a. “Negro” Raymond Fuentes-Echevarría, a.k.a. Sixteen defendants are facing one charge of possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The seventeen defendants acted in different roles in order to further the goals of their organization, to wit: leader, managers/drug owners, enforcers, runners, drug processors, facilitators, and sellers. The indictment alleges that beginning in 2007, and continuing up to 2015 the organization distributed heroin, crack, cocaine, and marihuana, at Las Monjas Ward in San Juan, and Los Bultrones Alley, in Cataño, and other areas within and near the Municipalities of San Juan and Cataño, Puerto Rico, all for significant financial gain and profit. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), San Juan Strike Force are in charge of the investigation. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On May 17, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 17 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
