The list of people arrested in the official passport fraud case gets longer every day. Last night, 22 had been detained, among them ten city council members, five civil registry officials, and seven impostors, drivers and ringleaders. Diario Libre reports that former Technical Undersecretary of the Dominican Municipal League, Amaury Guzman, three civil officials and one city council members for whom the Attorney General is requesting preventive arrest, will be taken to a Judge of Instruction today. They are accused of procuring official passports by presenting birth certificates, false marriage certificates, and documents that certified they had been elected to posts as city council members for at least ten impostors. At 9:00 am today, Judge Natividad Ramona Santos will hold the hearing against Guzman, the alleged ringleader. Last night, four city council members from Pepillo Salcedo were arrested. They appear on false marriage certificates issued in Azua.<\/p>\n
El Caribe reports that four of the city council members arrested are from Pepillo Salcedo and one is from from Guayabal, Azua. Their names are Jaime Dario Martinez, Juan Rafael de la Rosa, Rosa Mercedes Guzman and Ignacio Rosa Nunez, from Pepillo Salcedo and Santiago Adames from Guayabal. Other detainees are Tomasina Isabel Araujo, Benito Rodriguez Nolasco, Saturnino Sanchez Suarez, Andres Diaz, all council members, and Alfredo Amauris Pereira Ramirez, Jose del Carmen Encarnacion, Uladislado Abrey and Judge Milton Elias Pereira Ramirez. Council member Aure Ricardo Florentico paid RD$1 million to be freed on bail. Messenger Agustin Ventura and Veronica Pereyra were freed but remain indicted for this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The list of people arrested in the official passport fraud case gets longer every day. Last night, 22 had been detained, among them ten city council members, five civil registry officials, and seven impostors, drivers and ringleaders. Diario Libre reports that former Technical Undersecretary of the Dominican Municipal League, Amaury Guzman, three civil officials and … <\/p>\n