The Miami Herald reports that Dominican deputy Miguel Andres Gutierrez Diaz had traveled to Miami to attend his son’s graduation. Gutierrez represents the ruling Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRM) in the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic. Gutiérrez was arrested at Miami International Airport. US prosecutors accuse him of being part of an international drug ring that operated in the Dominican Republic, Colombia and the United States from 2014 to 2017. Gutiérrez has millionaire investments in the United States.
The detention hearing and arraignment is scheduled for Friday, 21 May 2021 by South Florida judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes.
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21 May 2021