Prosecutor Lucas Perez Jose has described in detail how all the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESA) and Immigration officers posted at the Punta Cana International Airport were paid for three drug smuggling operations while being monitored by undercover agents. They received sums ranging from RD$70,000, US$87,000 and up to RD$600,000, in return for allowing large shipments of cocaine to depart for Europe. The undercover agents gave detailed descriptions on how on 20 October 2012, the first monitored operation involved 145 kilos of pure cocaine brought in on Jetairfly Airlines flight JAF 303/304, which left at 3:50pm on 17 October bound for Curacao and Brussels.
He said that police captains Bolivar Alberto Mercado Diaz, Rafael Anibal de la Rosa Tapia and Wascar Francisco Zapata Ramirez were allegedly guarding the drugs, and that they are thought to have received US$26,000 each. Army First Lieutenant Joan Antonio Daniel Rosario received RD$600,000, and Air Force Second Lieutenant, naval officers Rernando Rubi, Edinson Pena Alvino and Antony Antonio Santana supposedly received RD$40,000 each. Meanwhile, Naval Lieutenant Arencio Guevara received RD$70,000, Sergeant Arismendy Villaman, RD$200,000 and policeman Antonio Reyes Suero, RD$90,000. He added that two warehouse officials, Jesus Ponche and Juan Lazala, allegedly received US$87,000.
The Justice Department said that on 11 October 2012, the Attorney General of the Republic, Francisco Dominguez Brito, was sent a letter Number 6343 by DNCD chief Rolando Rosado Mateo, informing that there was a powerful international drug trafficking network at the Punta Cana International Airport, sending large quantities of drugs to countries in Europe, leading them to launch the investigation.