19 Jul 2010

Caribbean drug baron captured

6:06 am on 19 July 2010

One of the most-wanted drug barons in the Caribbean has been arrested in Puerto Rico.

Jose Figueroa Agosto, 45, was captured by the FBI in San Juan.

The BBC reports he is accused of running a major smuggling ring that moved Colombian cocaine into the United States via Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

In 1999, Figueroa escaped from prison in Puerto Rico, where he was serving a 209-year sentence for murder.