2009 – Page 54

The same judge who accepted bail for Jimmy Oliver Rodriguez Ortiz, arrested on 15 September in possession of 50 kilos of cocaine, ordered the start of a case against a man arrested with 9.66 grams of drugs, as reported in Hoy. Francis Hernandez, a 26-year old mechanic, was arrested in possession of 4.62 grams of …

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El Dia newspaper is denouncing the fact that although some of the DR’s big drug capos are arrested and extradited to the US, they have been able to maneuver in justice to keep their vast fortunes in the DR intact. The late Florian Feliz and extradited Quirino Paulino Castillo, Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara Diaz, Carlos Rosso …

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National Drugs Control Department (DNCD) head Major General Rolando Rosado says that the DNCD had dismantled an international gang that exported ingredients used to manufacture ecstasy and amphetamines in Central America. Rosado Mateo said that three people have been arrested and they are on the trail of two others. He said that the owners of …

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In the last two months, the Police anti-drugs investigations department has confiscated more than 364,000 grams of heroin, cocaine, crack and marijuana, worth RD$130 million. General Nelson Rosario, spokesman for the department, said they have also confiscated 50 guns and 15 other types of weapons. They have carried out 669 raids in 23 provinces. The …

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There have been 23 bank holdups in the last 18 months. This represents RD$238 million, of which RD$200 million were removed from ATMs. The most recent raid took place at the Arroyo Hondo II branch of Scotiabank on Avenida Republica de Argentina in Santo Domingo, not far from a police station. The three men, who …

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Milton Martinez, director of the Forestry School at the UASD, has told Listin Diario that complicity by state security organizations in charge of surveillance in the border area is common and widely known. “To make charcoal you have to cut trees, pile them up, wait days for the charcoal to burn, and transport it. This …

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The United States Embassy has distributed a list of 49 people who pose as embassy employees to swindle people with the promise of getting them a visa. The names, accompanied by photographs that show the face of the alleged swindlers, were given to the District Attorney for the National District. “These people are not employees …

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One of the five people implicated in the murders of Police Major Paula Mercedes and retired Second Lieutenant Juan Cabrera was granted a bail bond of RD$200,000 but almost immediately became involved in another killing during an attempted robbery at a house in the Quisqueya sector of Santo Domingo. Joan Manuel Alcantara de Jesus is …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) reports that temperatures should remain comfortable for most of the morning and evening as predominantly northeastern breezes cool the area. Some light rains with a little chance of some strong winds are also in the forecast. Onamet reported that there would not be any rainstorm activity due to an almost …

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Over the weekend the Estrellas Orientales ended the Leones del Escogido’s 5-game winning streak, defeating them in their own park 5-3 on Friday night. That same evening, Ricardo Nanita hit a grand slam homerun to seal an 8-2 victory for the Toros over the Gigantes del Cibao in the Francisco Micheli Stadium in La Romana. …

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