1998News

President orders arrest of organizer of fatal boat trip

The List?n Diario reported that President Leonel Fern?ndez has ordered the arrest of the organizers of the illegal boat trips. In a recent boat trip that capsized off the coast of La Romana, some 40 Dominicans drowned. The press reported that Inocencia Guzm?n, from Nagua, was arrested. In the past, despite the organizers of the boat trips being well known in the communities, community residents have protected these as the success rate of the boat trips to Puerto Rico is high.