Adriano Miguel Tejada, vice president of communications at Tricom, following a visit to the Attorney General’s office, denied that the company had paid bribes to congressmen for the passing of the telecommunications bill. Tejada said that the U.S. company, Motorola owns 40% of Tricom, and thus the company must comply with U.S. laws prohibiting bribes. Luis Alvarez Renta, an advisor to the firm, was detained last Friday by the Secret Service Department of the Police on the grounds of illegal possession of weapons, after a 357 Magnum gun was found in a search at his office.
