[1] The operation came to a conclusion on 6 October 2010, with a series of pre-dawn raids that led to over 130 arrests of members of the Puerto Rico Police Department and the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as well as other individuals.
On hand were a range of FBI personnel—crisis negotiators, evidence response team members, canines and their handlers, and 80 medical personnel from first responders and nurses to a trauma surgeon and a veterinarian.
The central thread of the corruption was law enforcement officers providing protection and other services to drug traffickers.
The agency characterized the action as, "likely the largest police corruption case in the FBI’s history.
"[1] Indictments announced on 6 October included:[4] The accused officers faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.