More details about the Paya drug massacre have surfaced as officials continue searching for the gun that was used during the killings. Hoy reports that a 9mm Taurus pistol belonging to former Navy Lieutenant Jorge Luis Chalas, which has since been recovered, was used during the murders orchestrated by Edward Mayobanex Rodriguez. Search teams have been combing of the shores near Avenida Espana, in Santo Domingo East for a larger gun, believed to have been smuggled into the country for the purpose of the murders. Ballistics and forensic tests have confirmed the gun was used in the massacre. Navy officials also indicate that the man responsible for providing officials with all the information is under heavy protection in an undisclosed location, and can only receive visits from his mother. His name and rank have not been revealed.