Jennifer Estefani Domínguez Hernández, wife of justice fugitive Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paniagua “Quirinito”, was arrested on Tuesday, 14 November 2017, at the Las Americas International Airport. Media reports say she attempted to leave the country. It was reported she would have traveled to Guatemala.
Domínguez Hernández was arrested by Migration agents at the airport prior to her departure. While she was not banned by the authorities from traveling, as reported, the Attorney General Office had instructed her to notify any travel plans to the authorities, and she did not follow through with this procedure.
She was taken to the Attorney General Office for questioning by prosecutors Bolívar Sanchez and Domingo Contreras who are investigating the Quirinito case. After the meeting, she told Diario Libre: “It is true that I was about to leave the country. I had reached an agreement with the Attorney General Office and because I did not fulfill it they requested me for questioning. I came and all is resolved,” she stated.
Recently, Domínguez presented a medical certificate that she was suffering from severe mental anxiety.
Domínguez has declared the death of her husband, who had been serving a 30-year jail sentence for murder, but had secured legal recourses that relocated him to San Francisco de Macorís jail and then sent him to domiciliary arrest after documenting that he suffered from mouth cancer.
Despite declaring the death of her husband and producing a death certificate, she could not explain where he had been cremated or where he is buried.
There is speculation that Quirinito, who got the nickname from his famous uncle who was sentenced for a major cocaine shipment, has left the country.
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Diario Libre
15 November 2017
