San Juan Puerto Rico Dept: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had been tracking Jorge Luis Figueroa Agosto as part of an investigation into the organization allegedly led by his older brother, Jose Figueroa Agosto, the so-called Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean , who was captured in July in Puerto Rico after an intensive manhunt, according to The Star. Agents waiting on board the ship arrested him without incident before the ship reached its first port-of-call in the US Virgin Islands, said John Morton, director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorities simultaneously arrested 11 others sought in a federal indictment and the rest were being sought and sAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO A suburban body shop owner accused of helping to run one of the largest drug smuggling organizations in the Caribbean was arrested Monday as he took a family vacation on a cruise ship. Federal agents fanned out across Puerto Rico on Monday seeking to arrest 17 alleged members of the organization. But Luis Figueroa had boarded the Caribbean Princess with his wife, two children and in-laws before the operation began. As
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