According to my math, 20 persons have been extradited to date [30jun05] to the USA from the DR in the course of the current American Quirino prosecution. Excluding Columbians.
? Several of these accused criminals appear to have been or are now high ranking Dominican military officers.
? Several of these accused criminals appear to have been or are now high ranking Dominican police officers.
? How many deportees of category each? To date. A count, please, from someone more knowledgeable than I.
? At some point, does the suspicion arise that many [perhaps most?] in the upper ranks of the DR military are engaged in drug smuggling & money laundering. Before? Currently?
? At some point, does the suspicion arise that many [perhaps most?] in the upper ranks of the DR police are engaged in drug smuggling & money laundering. Before? Currently?
? What remedies are available to the DR people? Nearly all of whom are poor; almost none can share in the immense profits from drug sales.
? Food for thought: the presumption of innocence in the American legal system is a legal fiction that arises as soon as a jury is to be impaneled.
? Must the American legal process run its complete course before, reasonable, objective evidence of the magnitude & profits of the DR drug smuggling operations [plural] become evident. Will tongues wag? In Spanish? Will the DR government do anything? Anything effective? Or, . . another Baninter? Stay tuned. Sept. & Oct. should be interesting months in the DR ! ! !
Food for thought.
? Several of these accused criminals appear to have been or are now high ranking Dominican military officers.
? Several of these accused criminals appear to have been or are now high ranking Dominican police officers.
? How many deportees of category each? To date. A count, please, from someone more knowledgeable than I.
? At some point, does the suspicion arise that many [perhaps most?] in the upper ranks of the DR military are engaged in drug smuggling & money laundering. Before? Currently?
? At some point, does the suspicion arise that many [perhaps most?] in the upper ranks of the DR police are engaged in drug smuggling & money laundering. Before? Currently?
? What remedies are available to the DR people? Nearly all of whom are poor; almost none can share in the immense profits from drug sales.
? Food for thought: the presumption of innocence in the American legal system is a legal fiction that arises as soon as a jury is to be impaneled.
? Must the American legal process run its complete course before, reasonable, objective evidence of the magnitude & profits of the DR drug smuggling operations [plural] become evident. Will tongues wag? In Spanish? Will the DR government do anything? Anything effective? Or, . . another Baninter? Stay tuned. Sept. & Oct. should be interesting months in the DR ! ! !
Food for thought.