Drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta was a big patron of the arts in the Dominican Republic, especially of urban artists. The capo had structured a network of nightclubs, drinks and other businesses to launder drug trafficking money.
A report in El Dia explains that the collaborators of drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta (El Abusador) were able to avoid justice despite having track records in crime. El Dia points out that Yadher Rafael Jaquez Araujo (Jake Mate), was at the head of Jake Mate Productions that contracted leading performers. Jake Mate is a former member of the Dominican Air Force who in 2007 was arrested for being part of a gang of robbers. Released from charges, he would go on to become a prominent artistic contractor of urban music and salsa music performers.
He is now charged with being part of the Cesar Emilio Peralta drug trafficking organization (CPDTO). The nightclubs mentioned in the case are VIP Room (Zona Universitaria), La Kuora (Villa Consuelo), Flow Gallery Lounge (Villa Consuelo), and Aqua Club (Cristo Rey). Ozuna, Omega, Ala Jaza, Yiyo Sarante, El Alfa, Zion & Lennox, La Insuperable, Rochy RD were among the artists that frequently appeared at the nightclubs hired by the criminal organization.
The Attorney General Office now says these businesses served as meeting places to coordinate drug trafficking operations and front for the laundering of drug trafficking revenues.
El Dia observes that Jake Mate Productions also organized the Easter Bonche Las Terrenas in in which Puerto Ricans Ozuna, Arcangel and Farruko participated in 2018. In 2019, during the same event, Ozuna, La Insuperable and Omega were contracted.
El Dia reports that the extensive social media coverage in Instagram, Facebook and other media has since been removed.
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El Dia
26 August 2019