Lawyer Carlos Balc?cer showed a video at the Court of Appeals of Santo Domingo where an officer of the Direcci?n Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCN), the anti-drug government organization, is seen cuffing the ears of Luis Manuel Matos F?lix, arrested in regards to the Phoenix boat cargo of 953 kilos of cocaine that was confiscated. Balc?cer is the defending lawyer of Rolando Flori?n F?lix, a much sought known drug trafficker who is also under arrest for the same shipment. On the scene when Matos is physically assaulted by the officer, the today director of the DNCD Luis Alberto Humeau Hidalgo is present. At the time he was director of operations. The video was later shown on TV. Balc?cer showed the video as proof that those accused of drug trafficking are being tortured at the DNCD. Judges Olga Herrera, N?stor D?az and Julio Bautista postponed the case indefinitely after one of the defendants, Jos? Ruiz Pe?a, attacked Balc?cer who had asked that one of the judges abstain from participating for being a prejudiced party. The judge abstained, and the case was indefinitely postponed.
