The Listin Diario publishes today a front-page photograph of former President Hipolito Mejia and Bladimir Andres Garcia Jimenez. Garcia is accused by the US Drug Enforcement Administration of being a close associate of arrested Quirino Paulino Castillo, accused in the DR of a 1,3870-kilo cocaine shipment, and in a New York court of of drug smuggling and money laundering.<\/p>\n
In the 21 June 2000 edition of the Listin Diario society magazine “Ritmo Social,” then President-elect Mejia and Garcia are pictured at a benefit dinner sponsored by the construction company “Garcia Construcciones.” Mejia had won the presidency in the 16 May 2000 election.<\/p>\n
Garcia would later receive large construction contracts from the Mejia administration. His company benefited from US$13 million in contracts for multi-use buildings as part of a US$61 million dollar loan program endorsed by the US export credit agency, Eximbank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Listin Diario publishes today a front-page photograph of former President Hipolito Mejia and Bladimir Andres Garcia Jimenez. Garcia is accused by the US Drug Enforcement Administration of being a close associate of arrested Quirino Paulino Castillo, accused in the DR of a 1,3870-kilo cocaine shipment, and in a New York court of of drug … <\/p>\n