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from today?s DR1 nees
Moreno: We're close to being a narco-state
The presidential candidate for the Alianza Pais party, Guillermo Moreno, warned that drug trafficking in the country has undergone a spectacular increase over the past 15 years. He said that "we are at risk of converting ourselves into a Narco-state," after saying that it (the state) has proved incapable of pursuing and knocking down the organized crime structure. He said that the Dominican Republic has gone from a transfer country to one of high consumption, which explains why the increase in trafficking has managed to penetrate the State's security agencies, take advantage of their structure and obtain a degree of protection from them. "The so-called intelligence of the State agencies that should be used to investigate and pursue these people, has been put to use in the drug trafficking activity and this is not a risky statement."
He cited the cases of the former army captain, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, who operated within the military structure, the Paya case, recalling that the Navy had guided and transported the drug shipments, instead of protecting the marine frontier. He also mentioned the case of the Atiemar Tower, whose owner, Arturo del Tiempo Marquez, was an honorary police officer and had penetrated the State security agencies. "He went as far as to secure loans of RD$700,000,000 for the construction of that tower." Moreno recalled that Jose David Figueroa Agosto had an ID card from the DNI and was supposedly guarded by police colonels, as well as having official license plates. In the Oscar Rodriguez case, his driver turned out to be an Army corporal.
"this Friend speaks my mind"
from today?s DR1 nees
Moreno: We're close to being a narco-state
The presidential candidate for the Alianza Pais party, Guillermo Moreno, warned that drug trafficking in the country has undergone a spectacular increase over the past 15 years. He said that "we are at risk of converting ourselves into a Narco-state," after saying that it (the state) has proved incapable of pursuing and knocking down the organized crime structure. He said that the Dominican Republic has gone from a transfer country to one of high consumption, which explains why the increase in trafficking has managed to penetrate the State's security agencies, take advantage of their structure and obtain a degree of protection from them. "The so-called intelligence of the State agencies that should be used to investigate and pursue these people, has been put to use in the drug trafficking activity and this is not a risky statement."
He cited the cases of the former army captain, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, who operated within the military structure, the Paya case, recalling that the Navy had guided and transported the drug shipments, instead of protecting the marine frontier. He also mentioned the case of the Atiemar Tower, whose owner, Arturo del Tiempo Marquez, was an honorary police officer and had penetrated the State security agencies. "He went as far as to secure loans of RD$700,000,000 for the construction of that tower." Moreno recalled that Jose David Figueroa Agosto had an ID card from the DNI and was supposedly guarded by police colonels, as well as having official license plates. In the Oscar Rodriguez case, his driver turned out to be an Army corporal.
