2004 – Page 6

Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez, the chief of the National Police, told reporters from the Diario Libre that the police colonel arrested in connection with the truck filled with 1,387 kilos (one and a half tons) of cocaine had been scrutinized back in 1989 following a complaint by a Pedernales parish priest. No …

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The Listin Diario leads with the ongoing investigation into ex-Army Captain Quirino E Paulino Castillo, the alleged ringleader of a local drug smuggling operation with international implications. Paulino Castillo was arrested on Sunday, along with three others, in connection with the discovery of a truck carrying 1,387 kilos of cocaine whose estimated value was put …

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Hoy newspaper reports today that former Army captain, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo (alias “El Don”) who was arrested for complicity in the trafficking of 1,387 kilos of cocaine, had been sworn in as a member of the PRD party when he was an active military member. The newspaper publishes a photo showing Paulino raising his …

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Diario Libre’s popular back-page editorial, De buena tinta, asks today why so many eyeglasses were needed to see what was so obvious? The writer is referring to the drug smuggling case involving Quirino Paulino Castillo. He says that the DR is an interesting country, where people see the foam but not the chocolate. He comments …

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At least a dozen houses have fallen into the ravine that follows the Luperon Touristic Highway between Santiago and Puerto Plata. Several more structures are also damaged and threatened by more landslides, with hundreds at risk for possible disaster. The area known as La Cumbre, the highest point along the highway that marks the division …

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DR1 Daily News yesterday pointed out the dangers of fireworks and their proliferation in the streets of most of the cities, especially Santo Domingo, during this holiday season. No sooner had the news brief been circulated than one of the kiosks dedicated to the sale of fireworks along 27 February Avenue in Ensanche Quisqueya was …

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Santiago, home base of league leading Aguilas Cibaenas, received a Christmas gift in the form of Baltimore Orioles slugger Miguel Tejada, Montreal Expos third baseman Tony Batista and St Louis Cardinals pitcher Julian Tavarez, who will take to the field in the last week of the regular season. They will be there to match the …

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According to Hoy newspaper, a judge has ordered three of those apprehended in Saturday’s RD$900-million drug bust to remain in custody. Former army captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo and his wife Belkis Elizabeth Ubri Medrano were arrested in Santo Domingo, while National Police Lieutenant Colonel Lidio Arturo Terrero Nin and civilian Tirso Cuevas Nin were …

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Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, 44, was well known to the DNCD (Dominican DEA), who had him pegged as one of the major drug traffickers in the Dominican Republic. In spite of this, he was admitted into service with the National Army with the rank of lieutenant. Hoy newspaper’s sources told them that on 3 January …

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The recent arrests of numerous military and police figures, as well as press reports on the incident, have prompted the Association of the Industrial Free Zone of Santiago to publish a statement in today’s newspapers. The association wants to know the name of the “business in a Santiago Free Zone” that was published as part …

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