Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito says that the network of asset laundering made up by Venezuelans, Colombians and Dominicans in which TV presenter Angie Agramonte (Aki e la cosa TV program) is implicated is one of the larger cartels operating in the Dominican Republic. She was arrested in December and US$300,000 was confiscated from her vehicle. The prosecutor general office revealed that Colombian Ginaliz Quintero Flores (alias ‘China’ or ‘La Gorda’) was driving the vehicle.
“I am speaking of a case that is similar or greater in terms of scale to those of Figueroa Agosto or Quirino,” the prosecutor told the press, as reported in El Dia. Dominguez said that Raymundo Antonio Pena Martinez, who was detained in Haiti, was a key player in the organized crime network that sent approximately US$2.5-12 million a month to Venezuela, Colombia and Panama. He said the case is still under investigation by two elite task forces of the National Investigations Department.
Pena Martinez was sent to six months preventive custody at the La Victoria Jail. He is said to be a front for the network directed by Colombians Huber Oswaldo Buitrago Ruiz and Angel Maria Buitrago Vacca, as reported in Hoy. As reported, agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) participated in the operation.