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In 1999, Figueroa Agosto escaped from prison in Puerto Rico, where he was serving a 209-year sentence for murder and illegal weapon possession. He originally went to prison on murder charges in Puerto Rico but escaped and fled to the Dominican Republic, where he managed to obtain several alternate identities and continued drug trafficking for another 10 years. While in the Dominican Republic he was arrested in a minor stint as one of his alternate identities and then released for an unknown reason (his alter ego wasn"t yet known to the authorities).
A car chase followed, but he managed to elude the police by fleeing his vehicle and hiding in a sewer.
Eventually, he managed to return to Puerto Rico, allegedly by paying 1 million dollars to unnamed high-ranking military personnel. He was able to hide in San Juan, Puerto Rico for 10 months, until July 2010, when Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Marshals and Puerto Rican police arrested Figueroa in Santurce, a neighborhood in San Juan, as he tried to escape from officers conducting surveillance.
Figueroa was the most wanted fugitive by Puerto Rican and Dominican Republic authorities. With the Caribbean"s biggest reputed drug lord back behind bars, law enforcement authorities in the region are on alert for potential bloody feuds among rivals and lieutenants trying to take his place.
There are rumors that Figueroa Agosto has over $100 Million Dollars in Puerto Rico.
Ending a 10-year manhunt and, like fellow smuggler Christopher "Dudus" Coke in Jamaica, Figueroa was arrested wearing a wig after having made various plastic surgeries. Figueroa was wanted for allegedly moving cocaine through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with fellow co-worker Angelo Millones, into the United States. Figueroa Agosto has also been charged by United States. authorities with passport fraud and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Other rumors are that Figueroa Agosto will be on the streets soon after all of this, if there is no proof by the federal agents they can"t put him behind bars.
Dominican authorities have sought Figueroa Agosto for multiple violations including kidnapping, money laundering, drug trafficking and murder. He also has been linked to criminal activity in Colombia and Venezuela, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, but they haven"t charged him for narcotrafficking.
He is now in a federal cell awaiting trial in Brooklyn New New York A sex tape starring Agosto has also proved to be a popular sell amongst Digital Video Disc vendors in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
