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Félix Alburquerque Comprés / Manuel Taveras Duncan / El Día

The Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested the imposition of preventive imprisonment against retired vice admiral Félix Alburquerque Comprés. Alburquerque was director of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) from 2019 to 2020, during the Danilo Medina administration. Alburquerque Comprés is accused of killing communicator Manuel Taveras Duncan. Taveras Duncan is known in the Dominican professional sports world.

State prosecutors accuse Alburquerque Comprés of erasing relevant evidence by destroying and hiding the illegal weapon he used to commit the crime. Alburquerque Comprés turned himself into the authorities on Friday, late in the evening. He did not turn in the weapon used in the crime. He is held at the Palacio de Justicia de Ciudad Nueva jail. The custody hearing is set for...