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Authorities had arrest warrants for 158 people and hoped to seize more than $1 million in property in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez during the upcoming Central American and Caribbean Games, said Special Agent Waldo Santiago, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman.
SWAT police arrive to conduct an anti-drug raid at a public housing complex in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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An alleged drug dealer is escorted by DEA agents as he is arrested at a public housing project in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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The hands of an alleged drug dealer are handcuffed during his arrest at a public housing complex in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents check mug shots of alleged drug dealers and an aerial photograph of a public housing project during a raid in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Puerto Rico police officers approach a woman, center, to arrest her for suspected drug trafficking at a public housing complex in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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Residents watch police arrest a woman for suspected drug trafficking at a public housing complex in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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A resident holds a baby while watching an anti-drug police raid from a balcony at a public housing complex in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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A resident watches from her balcony as police raid a public housing project in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent carries envelopes of arrest warrants for suspected drug dealers and their mug shots during a raid on a public housing complex in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Friday July 9, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. drug agents and Puerto Rican police swept through public housing projects on the island's west coast in an attempt to dismantle drug trafficking gangs and reduce crime in Mayaguez, the host city of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games that will be inaugurated on July 17. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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