On 18 December 2004, when authorities were about to seize the 1,387
\n kilos of cocaine that would be shipped by a drug trafficking network
\n directed by Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, people involved in the
\n investigation warned him that he had been uncovered by the National
\n Drug Control Department (DNCD), according to Listin Diario. District
\n Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero stated such was the level of
\n complicity and protection that the organization had in political,
\n military and police circles. Former army captain Paulino Castillo
\n received a call through one of the multiple cell phones he used
\n informing that “the wheels are returning with a person I know”. The
\n call was from one of the people in charge of protecting the drug
\n several hours earlier when it was shipped to a free zone in Santiago
\n and meant that DNCD agents had intercepted the truck containing the
\n cocaine. The informer managed to escape in a white car. Quirino was
\n being closely watched since 31 March 2003 when authorities intercepted
\n a call with Samuel Eduardo Rodriguez Cordero (Eduardito) saying “Look
\n at page seven of El Nacional, all my eggs have broken”. The story in
\n that paper was about the seizure of several kilos of cocaine from the
\n DR that had been caught in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On 18 December 2004, when authorities were about to seize the 1,387 kilos of cocaine that would be shipped by a drug trafficking network directed by Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, people involved in the investigation warned him that he had been uncovered by the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), according to Listin Diario. District Attorney … <\/p>\n