2019 – Page 89

A National District judge has handed down three months in preventive custody to Marisol Franco, the spouse of César Emilio Peralta (aka El Abusador). The woman is held for security reasons, as she could be killed if not in jail. Likewise, judge José Alejandro Vargas argued that the woman was not able to justify how …

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According to the extradition order for César Emilio Peralta (aka El Abusador), he trafficked at least 1,120 kilos of cocaine to Puerto Rico and the United States, between the years 2008 and 2017. The authorities confiscated three of the consignments containing between 10 and 60 kilograms of cocaine in 2013, but according to conversations, every …

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César Emilio Peralta Adames is popularly known as César el Abusador, but that is not the only pseudonym he has. Listín Diario reports that Peralta, a fugitive from American and Dominican justice, is also known by his fellow drug dealers as el Patrón, Cabezón and by his first name, César. According to online conversations intercepted …

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The owner of telemedicine company Video Doctor Network pleaded guilty for his role in what the US Justice Department is calling one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes prosecuted to date in the United States. Lester Stockett, 52, a resident of Colombia, admitted in court that from March 2016 and April 2019, he and other …

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2019 is the 13th consecutive year with more than 500 suicides in the Dominican Republic. Last year, there were 310 suicides. This is alarming mental health professionals and those who work trying to prevent this epidemic. According to data given to Listin Diario by the Ministry of Public Health, a total of 284 people committed …

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Spokespersons for the Alianza Pais political party, Guillermo Moreno and Minou Tavárez Mirabal, again warned the Dominican people of the negative effects that constitutional reform could bring to the nation. They urged the Dominican people not to fall for the argument that it is urgent to unify the municipal and congressional and presidential elections. President …

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A non-disclosure clause impedes the four polling companies hired to determine the best-positioned candidate to represent the Danilo Medina faction to reveal their polling results. Andrés Navarro, one of the pre-candidates, gave the explanation to the press upon announcing his support to the winner, Gonzalo Castillo. He just shared that Francisco Domínguez Brito was the …

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The Participación Ciudadana (Citizen Participation) civic movement has raised red flags regarding the poor track record of the present Chamber of Accounts. Participación Ciudadana says that the auditing of government accounts carried out by the entity has little to show in quantity, importance and quality of the audits. The poor showing is a threat to …

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The Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM), the San Pedro de Macorís Electricity Company (CESPM), InterEnergy Group and the Business Network for Environmental Protection (Ecored) are motivating journalists to compete in the 4th Annual Environmental Journalism Award 2018-2019. The competition has cash prizes worth RD$850,000. The cash awards this year are 142% more than the previous …

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Dominicans who have been living illegally in the United States and Puerto Rico have returned voluntarily in massive numbers this year. More than half of these are women. In addition to the United States and Puerto Rico, the Dominicans are returning from Panama, Venezuela, Saint Martin, Martinique, Guadalupe, Chile, Argentina, France, Spain and other European …

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