2014News

Restructuring at Drug Agency

The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has announced changes in several areas to continue with the process of improving its work against drug dealing and money laundering. The new heads of each department are as follows:

Colonel Juan E. Ortega Amparo will now be in charge of the northern division based in Santiago, taking over from Colonel Humberto E. Ramos Feliz, and Colonel Hector de Jesus Imaya Ortiz will become Inspector General of the DNCD taking over from Colonel Amparo.

Colonel Feliz will move to be the new head of the eastern division based in La Romana taking over from Colonel Martin M. Tapia Sanchez and Colonel Busini Guzman Contreras has been promoted to head up the southern division in Barahona, taking over from Colonel Hector R. De Jesus Ymaya Ortiz. Lieutenant Colonel Leoncio Natera Melenciano will become head of the north east division, based in San Francisco de Macoris, taking over from Colonel Busini Guzman Contreras.

Colonel Jose M. Alcantara Ruiz will become head of the Central Division of the DNCD, taking over from Colonel Natera Melenciano, and Colonel Luis. T. Mejia Reynoso is the new head of Santo Domingo East division taking over from Colonel Ruiz. Colonel Martin. M. Tapia Sanchez moves to South Central division based in Bani, taking over from Colonel Luis Temistocles Mejia Reynoso, while Lieutenant Colonel Mario Antonio Jimenez Jimenez, becomes Regional Inspector for the north east based in Nagua, taking over from Major Rafael Montilla.

In addition there were other changes at lower levels around the country.

Read more in Spanish at:

http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/07/01/i680421_dncd-introduce-cambios-distintas-divisiones-inspectoras.html