I set my google alert to notify me of all instances of “raids” being discussed in the news recently. And the results have been surprising. I expected to get links to stories about ICE raids here in the U.S., but instead, most stories have been about drug raids conducted throughout the world. Apparently, the War on Terror did not end the War on Drugs.

Dominican Police and United States (FBI) investigators yesterday conducted searches in several towns of Altagracia province(east), where they seized properties worth millions from the Benítez brothers, four Cuban nationals charged with defrauding the U.S. Social Security for US$110 million.

More than one hundred SWAT and other agents participated in the searches and occupied the cabañas Mi Casa and Singapur, located near Higüey, where an unspecified amount of money and firearms were also seized.

There was a good question in comments:

Oh goody who gets to divide up the loot…..and will the public see any benefits…or just a bunch of off duty cops partying in speedboats and cabana jacuzzis

I wonder who we could go to for the answer?