{"id":107840,"date":"2017-12-28T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=107840"},"modified":"2017-12-28T10:42:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T14:42:21","slug":"government-continues-to-alert-public-about-cleren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2017\/12\/28\/government-continues-to-alert-public-about-cleren\/","title":{"rendered":"Government continues to alert public about cleren"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A high level commission, head by Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzm\u00e1n and Defense Minister Ruben Paulino Sem, visited Guayajayuco in Pedro Santana, El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a province on the border with Haiti, where a dozen persons have died after reportedly imbibing cleren, an artisanally produced alcoholic beverage. The authorities said the victims died because the beverage had been laced with methanol instead of ethanol. There also have been deaths reported from tainted claren ingestion in Santiago and Dajab\u00f3n for a total of 16 reported deaths.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Pedro Santana, Hip\u00f3lito Valenzuela, said they were working with the Haitian authorities and the Ministry of Public Health to alert residents in both countries not to consume the clandestinely made drink.<\/p>\n

The authorities have begun to dismantle cleren factories across the country following the deaths from drinking the illegally made liquor over the Christmas holiday. So far five laboratories have been dismantled in the community of San Luis in Santo Domingo East and in the municipality of Cabral in Barahona.This operation was headed up by prosecutor Yv\u00e1n Ariel G\u00f3mez Rubio and the Southern Regional Director of the National Police, General Orlando Martin Pichardo Reynoso.<\/p>\n

Pichardo Reynoso said that the owner of the factory in Los Botados, Cabral was a suspected fugitive from justice and is currently being sought by the police. He said that there are several factories in that area making what is known as \u201ctriculi\u201d but that cleren is being manufactured in Haiti.<\/p>\n

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A high level commission, head by Public Health Minister Altagracia Guzm\u00e1n and Defense Minister Ruben Paulino Sem, visited Guayajayuco in Pedro Santana, El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a province on the border with Haiti, where a dozen persons have died after reportedly imbibing cleren, an artisanally produced alcoholic beverage. The authorities said the victims died because the beverage had … <\/p>\n

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