Organized by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and led by Special Agent Jeffrey Pelaez,Puerto Rico Police Officer Elvin Quinones, and undercover agent Arturo Ortiz (EXPO), the investigation was initiated in response to multiple reports about illegal activity within the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD).
Initiated after receiving multiple reports of police officers involved directly in drug trafficking, police officers were videotaped unloading boats carrying cocaine, transporting cocaine in their squad cars, providing advice on the best way to dispose of homicide victims, and offering to commit murder.
[3] The operation additionally aimed to stop the illicit protection provided to some cocaine dealers who shipped their contraband throughout the island.
Rogelio Guevara, special agent in charge of the DEA's Caribbean Field Division, commented that those arrested "don't deserve the honor of being called police officers".
[3] Orlando Sentinel journalist Ivan Roman said that the bust "stunned a department already reeling from a series of" previous scandals.