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Narcotics Agents Uncover Drugs-for-Votes Operation
Narcotics Agents Uncover Drugs-for-Votes Operation
May 5, 2026 at 3:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/05/narcotics-agents-uncover-drugs-for-votes-operation/
ProPublica: “To the narcotics agents investigating drug smuggling in Puerto Rico prisons, it seemed at first like a typical scheme: associates of an inmate gang sneaking drugs into the prison, gang members distributing them inside and bank records showing the money flowing.”
“Then the agents discovered something unusual.”
“Leaders of the prison gang known as Los Tiburones, or the Sharks, were selling drugs to inmates not only for money, but for their votes. Specifically, votes for now-Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, investigators found.”