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NewsWhore
06-18-2008, 06:50 PM
Millions of pesos were apparently taken from a safe in the house of the financial director of the Ministry of Public Health, according to the official himself. Contacted by investigative journalists Nuria Piera and Huchi Lora on their morning radio program, the official, Miguel Espinal, said that he did not know how much had been taken, as it was his wife who handled the money in the safe, and she was out of the country. The financial officer admitted that it was strange that a person of his stature would not know the amount of money stored in his safe, "even though it's strange, that's the way it is." Espinal said that the police have recovered three million, and that a million belonged to him and a friend. The rest belonged to his wife. He explained that the money was in the safe because he was going to make a deal, and the money was the result of his entire life savings. Even the prosecutor for Santo Domingo, Jose Miguel Cabrera, has no idea how much was stolen from the safe because Espinal did not specify the amount when he reported it to the Police.

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