The United States Embassy has revealed to Listin Diario that it was the United States National Security Department that contacted the Dominican Government and asked them to allow the convicted Cuban drug dealer Augusto “Willie” Falcon to come to the country. Falcon had completed a 20-year jail sentence for drug dealing in the United States and arrived in the Dominican Republic on 6 November 2018.
According to Tammy Spicer, public affairs official from the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) of the United States, Falcon was in the custody of ICE since June 2017 having had a deportation order issued in March of that year, which he appealed, but it was denied.
Falcon did not want to return to Cuba, fearing for his life following his supposed involvement in an alleged plot against Fidel Castro in the 1990s.
The Dominican government had said that Falcon arrived in the country following a request from the United States, which has now been confirmed by the United States embassy in the Dominican Republic.
According to the Minister of Interior and Police, José Ramón Fadul, Falcon is only in the country temporarily and is in the custody of the Department of National Investigations (DNI) awaiting a decision on his final destination. The Dominican government has not given details of the reasons for accepting the convicted felon known best for his building a South Florida empire as cocaine smugglers for the Medellin and Cali Colombian cartels in a deadly drug trade that played out on Miami’s streets.
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Listin Diario
Miami Herald
Sun Sentinel
5 December 2018
