2007News

Cash exporters held

Juan Carlos Genao Dorrejo has been sentenced to three months preventive custody at La Victoria prison, after being caught as he tried to leave the country with US$250,000 in cash. It is illegal to travel through airports with more than US$10,000 of undeclared money. In related news, Diario Libre is reporting that Dominican William Perez, who tried to board the PR/DR ferry in Mayaguez, was apprehended by the authorities with US$543,000 in cash. Perez could be sent to jail for up to five years.