Prosecutor General Radhames Jimenez Pena may be present during the questioning of the owner of the Torre Atiemar, Arturo del Tiempo Marques, who is in jail in Spain on charges of smuggling 1,200 kilos of cocaine from the DR. As reported in Diario Libre, Jimenez Pena could meet with Spanish Chief Prosecutor Candido Conde Pumpido in connection with the case.
Diario Libre says however that the meetings could not be confirmed. The Prosecutor General Office press department says that Jimenez Pena is traveling to Spain to attend a meeting of Latin American and Spanish prosecutors, scheduled by the Ibero-American Association of Prosecutor General Offices.
Spanish Defense Minister Carmen Chacon visited the DR recently and met with the Minister of Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio, before traveling on to Haiti.