2014 – Page 51

The San Jose de Ocoa judge has ordered three months of preventive custody to former prosecutor Jose Miguel Cuevas Paulino, who is accused of planting a gun during a raid on the home of a suspected drug dealer. The action was filmed on a cell phone video. He was temporarily held in jail in Sabana …

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A woman trying to smuggle cash stashed inside her stomach has been arrested by the National Drug Control Agency agents (DNCD) at the Punta Cana International Airport. The cash is believed to be linked to drug trafficking. The woman, who was being followed from Brussels, arrived on a JetAirfly flight late last week. She was …

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Concurrently with the attempted breakout from Najayo jail that left four men dead and 14 injured, on the same day, Friday, 24 October 2014 there was a killing at La Victoria jail, where the most dangerous criminals in the country are sent. As reported in Listin Diario, revenge was the motive behind the killing of …

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Promising Cardinals prospect, 22-year old Oscar Taveras was killed in a crash yesterday, Sunday 26 October 2014 on the Sosua-Cabarete highway on the north coast. He lost control in his new Chevrolet Camaro and crashed into a tree. Diario Libre reports that he had recently purchased the car and it had only arrived in Puerto …

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Border agents are being overwhelmed by Haitians crossing the border illegally. Haiti Libre reports that on Thursday, 23 October 2014, the Dominican army captured 78 Haitians who had crossed. The media says that the flow of immigrants continues day and night, forcing the Dominican military authorities to strengthen monitoring and multiply the returns. As reported, …

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Relatives of 32-year old Robin Garcia have accused a group of Haitians of kidnapping him. The family says the kidnappers are asking for a ransom payment of RD$800,000. Originally from Bonao, Garcia’s mother Ramona Caba runs a business in Veron, in the Punta Cana area. She said her son was taken to Haiti by the …

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Foreign Minister Andres Navarro believes that an investment fund should be created for bi-national projects between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He told government and business representatives taking part in the Quisqueya Business Summit in Port-au-Prince yesterday, Thursday 23 October 2014, that the fund would serve as a financial instrument for the private sector to …

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