The police announced the recovery of two bodies of Frenchman linked to drug dealing and who had been reported as missing. In connection with the cases, three Dominican brothers have been arrested.
The foreigners were identified as 34-year Maziz Mansour, and Akca Ilker Nazif, whose age is not known. Both are believed to be heads of an international drug network operating in the country. Mansour went missing on 4 April 2017 and his body was found on 30 November 2017 in a septic tank within an abandoned farm in the El Mamón sector in the municipality of Guerra to the east of Santo Domingo. Nazir disappeared on 26 November 2017 and was found in another septic tank in the El Paredon neighborhood in the El Valiente de Boca Chica area, also to the east of Santo Domingo on 1 December.
In relation to the crimes, Dominican brothers, 27 year old Leiden Beras Féliz,; July Eliezer Féliz Fernández, aged 35; and Leónidas Hidalgo Féliz, whose ages are unknown, have been arrested.
According to the police they have admitted they killed Mansour to take his property, especially vehicles and motorcycles that they had transferred into their names.
They also admitted to killing Nazif on 26 November inside a car, presumably as he wanted to kill Leónidas Hidalgo Féliz.
The investigation is ongoing to identify other persons involved.
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7 December 2017
