The Public Prosecution Service has appealed the ruling issued by a San Pedro de Macoris court on 20 May 2019 in favor of Julio de los Santos Bautista (Julito Kilo). Prosecutors identified De los Santos as the head of a network of money launderers for national and international drug dealers.
Julito Kilo was discharged by the ruling along with his front man, Ravel Santana Robles (a former Major League baseball player).
As part of the same case, the court sentenced Colombians Erly Sierra Bonilla and Omar Atencio Vargas to 20 years in jail, but freed Julito Kilo and Ravel Santana. The Prosecution Service wishes to reverse this ruling.
The gang was arrested for the trafficking of nearly 1,000 kilograms of cocaine in 2016 that were seized in southeastern Juan Dolio.
The court stated that the evidence provided by the Prosecution was not sufficient even though they had more than 150 pieces of evidence linking Julito Kilo and Ravel Santana to the crime.
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El Dia
16 July 2019