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{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Interdepartmental Agreement between the Department of Justice's Bureau of Special Investigations, the Forensics Sciences Institute and the Puerto Rico Police Department" (PDF). Governor of Puerto Rico . Retrieved 20 June 2012.[ permanent dead link ]