The assistant attorney general Frank Soto, who is directing investigations into the passport fraud case, informed there were representatives of the alleged “mafia” in all regions of the country. According to Diario Libre, he also said no one at the Ministry of Foreign Relations is considered a suspect in the case whereas at the Dominican Municipal League (LMD), evidence was found against former Technical Undersecretary Amaury Guzman, who was fired for his connection to the case. According to Soto, in the southwestern region of the country the ringleader was the Mayor of Las Yayas, Eliezer Ramirez, who is detained at Najayo Prison. In the Cibao region, operations were directed by the former president of the City Council of Fantino, Cotui, Uladislao Abreu Duran, whereas the contact at the LMD was Guzman, who is also being detained at Najayo. Soto does not discard the possibility of hundreds of people being involved in this scandal. The Migration Department authorized the exit of 67 fake wives of municipal council members using official passports. The department is claiming not to be involved in the case, though several memoranda signed by lieutenant colonel Francisco Romero Lopez, director of the institution’s investigation department, were found to authorize the exit of dozens of people. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Relations is claiming no responsibility in the case of passports it issued “upon receiving the pertinent documents and instructions from the LMD, and in accordance with official procedures”. The ministry is participating in the investigation and is offering all its collaboration to the Attorney General’s department.