Jordanian authorities have deported four of the 70 Dominican truck drivers working in the Middle East for trafficking of contraband. The group, which consisted of three drivers and one supervisor, according to Diario Libre, was discovered using a water-storage vehicle to illegally transport alcohol and fuels from Jordan to Iraq. Syndicate members have said that the four men were returned to the DR only thanks to the intervention of “a person of influence.”
Meanwhile, another Dominican working in the Middle East was killed after falling asleep at the wheel of his truck. The man has been identified as Limbert Perez, 50, of the town El Caimito that lies between La Vega and Jarabacoa. His body will brought to the DR tomorrow.
The truckers have been in the Middle East since October under contract for the company WTT.