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Federal Agents: Son of Former Mayor of Añasco Ordered Murders and Massacre in the West

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According to what was revealed today at a press conference, Manuel Antonio Valentín Vega, known as “Nano/El Viejo”, was allegedly the one who gave instructions to kill a rival of his... and in the process, he entangled four innocent lives.

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According to what was revealed today at a press conference, Manuel Antonio Valentín Vega, known as “Nano/El Viejo”, was allegedly the one who gave instructions to kill a rival of his... and in the process, he entangled four innocent lives.

SAN JUAN – Manuel Antonio “Nano El Viejo” Valentín Vega, son of former mayor of Añasco Antonio Valentín and owner of the business Centro Agrícola El Rancho, was charged by federal authorities with 23 charges related to organized crime, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering and violations of firearms laws, committed in support of a transnational criminal organization based in Añasco, which operated a large-scale drug trafficking network coor…

Puerto Rico’s federal authorities arrested Manuel Antonio Valentín Vega, son of the former mayor of the municipality of Añasco, Antonio Valentín, accused of belonging to a criminal drug trafficking and murder network with operations in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia and Puerto Rico, for which he could face the death penalty. The information was offered by the federal prosecutor’s office in San Juan, who also identified Luis J. Iriza…

A federal grand jury in the Puerto Rico District filed a formal indictment against six alleged members and associates of a transnational criminal organization based in Añasco, linked to murders, drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms crimes, as part of an operation of the National Security Task Force (HSTF). The federal prosecutor for the Puerto Rico District, W. Stephen Muldrow, reported that the indictment contains 23 charges related …

Manuel Antonio Valentín Vega, son of former Añasco mayor Antonio Valentín, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly belonging to a drug trafficking network and is accused of murder, for which he could face the death penalty, the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Juan reported Tuesday. Although Puerto Rico abolished the death penalty by law in 1929 and prohibited it in its Constitution in 1952, the head of the U.S. Attorney's Office on the island, W. Steph…

Manuel Antonio “Nano El Viejo” Valentín Vega, son of the former mayor of Añasco, Antonio Valentín, and owner of the El Rancho Agricultural Center business, was charged by federal authorities with 23 charges related to organized crime, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering and violations of the Arms Law. The other five defendants were identified as: Rafael Ángel “Pito Rancho” Ruiz Garcés, alias “Pito Pancho”, “Pito”, “El Flaco” César “Waldy”…

·San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Telemundo de Puerto Rico broke the news in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
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