US asks Jamaica to extradite alleged leader of ‘Shower Posse’ gang on drug, weapons chargesSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The United States has asked Jamaica to extradite a suspected crime boss to face federal drug and weapons-trafficking charges in New York, officials said Monday. US says Gitmo prisoner sent to Portugal was Syrian who complained of harsh conditions, abuseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo inmate who said the prison’s harsh conditions drove him to attempt suicide has been sent to Portugal, the U.S. said in court documents. Judge sets bail at $2.6 million for man charged with killing police officer in Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A judge has set bail at $2.6 million for a Puerto Rican man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding a second before stealing their squad car earlier this month. Airline passenger released on bail in mercury spill that disrupted Puerto Rico airportSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An airline passenger charged in a mercury spill that disrupted flights at Puerto Rico’s main airport was released on bail Friday. US military judge in 9/11 case at Guantanamo denies defense request to see secret CIA prisonsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lawyers for a Guantanamo prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attack do not need to visit secret CIA prisons where he was once held since the sites have likely changed and are no longer relevant, a military judge ruled. Small mercury spill inside Puerto Rico’s main airport closes terminals, delays flightsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A small amount of mercury spilled inside Puerto Rico’s main airport Tuesday and authorities closed three terminals as a precaution, delaying about a dozen flights. Young Guantanamo prisoner back in Afghanistan after grenade-attack case unravels over abuseKABUL — One of the youngest people ever held at Guantanamo was welcomed home Monday by Afghanistan’s president and joyful relatives after almost seven years in prison — freed by a military judge who ruled he was coerced into confessing to wounding U.S. soldiers with a grenade. Puerto Rico governor seeks to restrict alcohol sales as part of campaign to reduce crimeSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gov. Luis Fortuno said Tuesday he will submit a proposal for the legislature to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages after certain hours as a way to cut down on crime in Puerto Rico. Report: Caribbean hotel plans will stall due to visitor dropSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A new report offers a bleak outlook for the Caribbean hotel industry. Prisoner allegedly kills Puerto Rican policeman, wounds another while being driven to jailSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A 23-year-old prisoner being taken to jail to face car theft charges allegedly shot one police officer to death and gravely wounded a second, then escaped in their squad car, authorities said Sunday. Puerto Rico jury convicts 4 police officers of federal civil rights charges in beating deathSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A jury in U.S. federal court has convicted four Puerto Rican police officers in the beating death of a man in their custody. Puerto Ricans cheer Sotomayor’s swearing-in as 1st Hispanic Supreme Court justiceSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —Puerto Ricans cheered Sonia Sotomayor’s swearing-in Saturday as the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court, calling her rise to the nation’s highest court a huge source of pride in the U.S. territory. FBI agent faces negligent homicide charge in shooting death of Puerto Rico officer during raidSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities charged an FBI agent with negligent homicide on Friday in the alleged “friendly fire” shooting death of a Puerto Rican policeman during a gunbattle with kidnappers last year. US Department of Agriculture fined $30,000 for underground storage tanks in Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for alleged improper maintenance of underground storage tanks in Puerto Rico. Yemeni official: Detainee died of asphyxiation in recent apparent suicide at GuantanamoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo detainee whose death has been blamed on suicide apparently died of asphyxiation, a Yemeni official said Saturday. New report by rights group makes case for moving Guantanamo trials to US civilian courtsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The vast majority of recent terrorism prosecutions in the U.S. ended in conviction and prison sentences, a human rights group said Thursday in a study arguing that American government doesn’t need its special war crimes court or indefinite detention to deal with the nearly 230 men held at Guantanamo. US Virgin Islands researchers unveil trove of records detailing slave journeys to New WorldSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A collection of slavery records newly available over the Internet may help thousands of people trace their families back to Africa through St. Croix, a former slave-trading hub in the Caribbean. Sotomayor embraces Puerto Rican heritage, avoids hot-button issue: statehood vs. independenceSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wrote as a Princeton undergraduate that she supported independence for Puerto Rico — a radical, fringe position, even today. Puerto Ricans follow Sotomayor hearings; ‘Nuyorican’s’ nomination a source of prideSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans tuned in to Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings on Monday to cheer on the judge with local roots whose nomination to the Supreme Court has boosted pride across the island. Biking _ and whale-watching _ in Washington’s magical San Juan IslandsSAN JUAN ISLANDS, Wash. — Bicycle touring is a whale of a good time on the magical San Juan Islands. Defense in Sept. 11 case seeks access to secret CIA prisons to gauge psychological impactSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lawyers for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter held at Guantanamo want to inspect secret CIA overseas prisons, saying in court papers Monday the conditions in the so-called black sites may yield insight into a mental disorder that has raised questions about whether he is competent to stand trial. Bermuda police make arrest as investigation of Emerald Financial Group announcedSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Bermuda police on Wednesday announced they are investigating the Emerald Financial Group, an offshore investment company in the wealthy British territory. Puerto Ricans fight monkey-breeding facility, cite previous runaway problemSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Residents of a Puerto Rican town are vowing to fight a planned monkey-breeding facility for fear that the primates will escape and overrun their community. Puerto Rican police say man robs San Juan hotel-casino of $340,000 by showing threatening noteSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police in Puerto Rico’s capital are searching for a lone man who robbed $340,000 from a popular hotel and casino by threatening a supervisor’s family. Petite Puerto Rican beauty stripped of crown for coarse language, death threats, pageant saysSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of “intolerable conduct” that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff. Police in Puerto Rico arrest man accused of snatching 88 pieces of underwear from neighborSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico police said they have arrested a man accused of snatching 88 pieces of underwear from a neighbor’s clothesline. The man was charged with theft and illegal appropriation. Police said Wednesday that he returned all $1,000 worth of underwear to the woman. Guantanamo prisoner on prolonged hunger strike released, returns to Saudi ArabiaSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo prisoner who had been on continual hunger strike for almost four years has been released. Guantanamo detainee who allegedly committed suicide had been prisoners’ representativeSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo Bay detainee who left his cell to meet with military commanders as prisoner representative never returned, and was instead sent to a psychiatric ward where he died five months later, a former detainee recalled. New details emerge about Guantanamo detainee who allegedly committed suicideSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Almost five months before he was found dead at Guantanamo Bay, a detainee volunteered to represent prisoners in talks with the military and left his jailhouse for a meeting with the detention camp’s most senior commanders. But he never returned — from then on, he was held in the prison’s psychiatric ward, a former detainee recalled. New Jersey law professor alleges Pentagon inflates recidivism of freed Gitmo detaineesSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A New Jersey law professor and his students are alleging that the Defense Department has inflated recidivism rates of former Guantanamo prisoners to sway public opinion against the men. |
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