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10-23-2008, 04:10 PM
The authorities have revealed the identity of the person who allegedly took the bag containing RD$15 million from the residence of the Colombians who were killed by a gang headed by Navy officers and some civilians, most of whom have been captured and put on trial. During the questioning carried out in hearings that led to preventive custody sentences for three more Navy officers, the name of Navy Sergeant Antonio Manuel Roche Pineda emerged as the person thought to have snatched the money taken from the house of Dario Jose Atencio Vargas (the Don), on the night of 4 August when the seven Colombians were killed in a gangland-style execution in the community of Ojo de Agua, Paya, Bani. According to El Nuevo Diario, a sense of panic descended on the courtroom when Antonio Manuel Roche's name was mentioned and even the judge looked around uneasily and the members of the security staff were nervous because they thought that the accused might react violently. The sum of RD$15 million was to be used to purchase the 1,200 kilograms of cocaine brought into the country by the seven drug traffickers. The magistrate sentenced the three, Andres Tapia, Antonio Manuel Roche Pineda and Jorge Luis Chalas to 18 months preventive custody.
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