Espinosa, Dorado, Puerto Rico

Espinosa is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,534.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Espinosa barrio:
Apartamentos Altos de Miraflores,
Comunidad Fortuna
Comunidad La PRRA,
Comunidad Río Nuevo,
Parcelas Kuilan,
Puerto Rico Highway 2, and Urbanización Valle Dorado.
Antigua Escuela Teresa Préstamo, an elementary school was located in the Mavito sector of Espinosa barrio until its closure in 2018.

History

Espinosa was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Espinosa barrio was 787.
Drug trafficking has been an issue in Puerto Rico for many years and in early 1990, $43 million in cash was found buried in plastic barrels, thought to have been deposited by drug smugglers for later retrieval. The sudden wealth of a few residents attracted attention and prompted an investigation by FBI and local police. By May 1990, the FBI had traced $11 million and seized and confiscated property and goods purchased with the money, which was said to belong to drug lord Ramon Torres Gonzalez. FBI stated the money was located on his farm in the Tiburón sector of Espinosa in Dorado and filed charges shortly after.