2019 – Page 20

The merengue bands of Ramón Orlando, Alex Bueno, Carlos David and Joan Minaya will keep everyone dancing for the “El Bailazo Navideño” next week. Set for Friday, 13 December 2019 at the Barceló Santo Domingo, the night of merengue dancing for Christmas, starts at 10pm. Uepa Tickets is selling tickets online from RD$1,625 through RD$3,250 …

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Bachata singer Romeo Santos announced his last “Utopia: La Gira del Pueblo” concerts will be on Wednesday, 4 December 2019 with a show in Moca. From there on Thursday, Santos will travel to San Pedro de Macorís for a Thursday, 5 December concert in San Pedro de Macoris. On Friday, 6 December, he will perform …

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18-year old Clauvid Daly from Punta Cana is representing the Dominican Republic in the 2019 Miss Universe pageant that is taking place 28 November to 8 December in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The final show for the 68th edition of the beauty contest will be at 7pm on Sunday, 8 December. It will air on Fox …

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Three people died following the crash of a light aircraft on Monday night, 2 December, in the community of Monserrate, municipality of Tamayo, in the southwestern province of Bahoruco. The pilot had not filed a flight plan. The aviation authorities say the flight was “irregular.” The victims, who died of burns, have been identified as …

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A woman and her daughter were accused of taking US$160,000 dollars (approximately 8 million pesos) from a safe in the residence of Berlinesa Franco, the widow of the late Mayor of Santo Domingo Este Juan de Los Santos (Juancito). The accusations date back to August 2019, and were reported in Listin Diario on 4 December …

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Big Dominican capos prefer to be extradited to the United States where over the years they have struck plea bargains with the US judiciary that have enabled them to get out early from jail. The capos then return to live in the Dominican Republic, enjoying their accumulated illicit wealth. As per Dominican law, those that …

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The police authorities in Colombia have redoubled security around accused drug capo 37-year old César Emilio Peralta, after having received information that he has paid large sums of money to be able to flee from the authorities or to be rescued. Brigadier General Henry Sanabria, head of the police in Cartagena, confirmed the increase in …

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The president of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) Felix Alburquerque told reporters on Monday, 2 December, that drug trafficker Cesar Emilio Peralta was not arrested in the Dominican Republic despite rumors of his whereabouts because the authorities were adhering to protocols, as reported by N Digital. “The information has to be validated, the information …

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US Ambassador Robin Bernstein celebrated the capture of drug trafficker César Emilio Peralta (aka César the Abuser), as reported in Diario Libre. After meeting with the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Henry Molina, the US ambassador declared that, so far, she did not know the exact date on which the Abuser will be …

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Although Cesar Emilio Peralta, described as the head of the biggest drug dealing network in the Dominican Republic, has been captured, his right-hand man, Natanael Castro Cordero, El Nato, is still at large. Peralta had officially been on the run for three months and 12 days, after leading an intense and open social life in …

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