2005News

42 to be indicted in passport case

The Attorney General’s Department will indict 42 individuals in connection with the fraudulent passport scandal that shook the country two months ago. According to El Caribe, those due for indictment include mayors and false council members. They are accused of illegal trafficking of migrants. According to Assistant AG Frank Soto, they are only waiting for the Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Migration Department to confirm exactly how many people received official passports irregularly.