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Puerto Rico corrections officers among 29 indicted in case

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico correctional officers are among 29 suspects facing charges including drug trafficking, money laundering and bribery in a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday.

The suspects are members of what the U.S. Attorney’s Office called one of the oldest criminal enterprises in Puerto Rico, The group of 27, founded in 1980 to allegedly take control of prisons in the U.S. territory to generate money.

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