Police Chief Jaime Marte Mart?nez announced the case of
the kidnapping of two minors in La Vega had been cracked. The police said that
the abductors released 12-year-old Alanny Fernandez and 16-year-old Ariel
Fernandez upon learning that the police were hot on their trail. The police also
said the parents of the missing children did not pay any ransom.
According to law enforcement agents, the kidnapping was ordered by Mexican
Alberto Reyes of the Tijuana Cartel. Alanny?s father, Junior Fern?ndez, and his
relative Mart?n Antonio Castellanos had reportedly outsmarted the Reyes to the
tune of US$1.8 million.
The Dominican police has charged some 10 individuals in connection to the
kidnapping.