SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is increasing the number of agents and resources assigned to fight crime in Puerto Rico as part of a federal operation launched last year.
The agency said Thursday it would send 30 new agents to the U.S. territory to crack down on illegal weapons, drugs and money, as well as migrants living there illegally.
Federal agencies established Operation Caribbean Resilience in January 2012 in the north coastal town of Loiza, long considered a high crime area. Officials say that killings, assaults and robberies there dropped by 50 per cent or more.
The operation was later expanded to the San Juan metropolitan area.
Officials said the program will be expanded through September but did not provide further details.
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