The Court of First Instance of Montecristi ordered on the evening of Friday, 20 August 2019 pretrial custody for six months against former Montecristi prosecutor Carmen Lisset Núñez and four former National Drug Control Agency (DNCD). They are accused of planting drugs in a barbershop in Villa Vásquez.
Meanwhile, the barbershop says business is bad. One of its owners Carlos Manuel Escoto told Diario Libre that their patrons have been scared away. Otherwise, people in Villa Vásquez expressed their satisfaction with the jail order. Many recalled having been victims of the prosecutor.
The prosecutor lead a raid on the barbershop on grounds it was a drug sales point. A video came to the rescue of the business. The surveillance video showed how the DNCD agents entered and planted small packets.
Núñez had attempted to leave the country, but was not allowed to do so by precautionary measures at the Las Americas International Airport. Her husband did travel abroad after the incident.
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Diario Libre
27 August 2019