DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez explained the participation of the Dominican Republic in the seizure by the United States of a Dassault Falcon 900EX jet that had landed in May 2024 to the La Isabela International Airport, when asked about the issue during the weekly La Semanal press conference on 2 September 2024.

Alvarez said that on 22 May 2024, the Office of the Attorney General had received a request for international judicial cooperation for the immobilizing of a Falcon jet that had arrived to the La Isabela Airport to give time for the search of evidence that the plane was used in fraud, contraband of goods for illicit activities and asset laundering as part of a criminal investigation being carried out by the United States Justice Department. The airplane had landed there reportedly for maintenance works. Alvarez said that airports in the DR frequently offer...