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Police Are Investigating a Suspected Plot to Attack the Mayor of Coamo.

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A suspected criminal plot to assassinate the mayor of Coamo, Juan Carlos García Padilla, has been revealed after he spoke out against gangs in his municipality, who are believed to be responsible for four deaths in the area.

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The municipal executive denied that he had been offered bodyguards, as the governor said, but confirmed that the police had increased security measures in the town.

The mayor of Coamo, Juan Carlos García Padilla, asked the checkers to be calm, although there is a threat to attack the municipal executive. In a letter he published on Facebook’s social network, he said that “We are not going to let fear rule Coamo.” The mayor’s expression in the face of the death threat: “Check us out: Today news has been circulated about a threat against me that is being investigated by the authorities. I want to address my p…

COAMO – The mayor of Coamo, Juan Carlos García Padilla confirmed that on Friday night the authorities received information about an alleged attack, because of his recent expressions with the murders in his town. “The Puerto Rico Police communicate with me about an alleged threat that reaches a police officer about the expressions I made yesterday regarding what was happening in Coamo and the organizations that are doing it. I repeat that the peo…

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The Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) of Aibonito investigates an alleged death threat against the mayor of Coamo, Juan Carlos “Tato” García Padilla, after ensuring that the recent wave of violence in the municipality responds to a war between gangs linked to drug trafficking. This is an anonymous call that the police received on Wednesday night, in which it was stated that the municipal leader would be being watched from an establishment close…

·San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Telemundo de Puerto Rico broke the news in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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