The man famous for creating the McAfee antivirus software was deported to the United Kingdom from Puerto Plata on Thursday, 25 July 2019. Dominican authorities did not present charges against McAfee, and he was given the option as to where he wanted to be sent. John McAfee had arrived in Puerto Plata from Cuba on board the yacht, “The Great Mystery,” on Monday, 22 July.
McAfee was detained for four days after he entered the Dominican Republic heavily armed. Law enforcement agents seized the weapons. McAfee argued the arms were needed to protect those on the boat from pirates at sea.
McAfee said he was well treated by Dominican authorities, despite spending hardship time in jail. But when he was not allowed to take his dogs back with him to the UK, he lashed out, threatening that if anything happens to the dogs, he would “work to ensure Dominican Republic tourism ends.”
The tweet read: “The issue we now have is that the D.R. has not returned our dogs to us. We were not allowed to leave anyone in our boat to care for them when we were deported. The D.R. government took custody and we’ve heard nothing. If they were harmed I will work to ensure D.R. tourism ends.”
Before being deported, he also tweeted:
“If the Dominican Republic harms a single hair on any of my dogs that they forced @theemrsmcafee and myself to separate from, then, yes, wrath will rain down from heaven.”
Responding to the tweet, the Attorney General Office said that the dogs were released to the custody of the defense counsel of McAfee in the Dominican Republic, represented by Cándido Simón.
News reports say that McAfee was traveling with German Robert Whitfield, Bahamian Oral Thompson, Haitian Vasner Louis and Richard Alan Gibson, and his wife Elizabeth (Janice) McAfee. The media did not explain if the others were deported.
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29 July 2019