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02-05-2009, 02:30 PM
The United States authorities may well have revoked the travel visa issued to former banker Vivian Lubrano de Castillo, according to journalist Huchi Lora.
President Fernandez recently pardoned Lubrano de Castillo, who had received a five-year jail sentence for her role in the fraud that caused the collapse of Baninter. She did not serve any time in prison after claiming health problems. The decision to revoke her visa was revealed to Lora by a source at the United States Consulate in Santo Domingo, according to El Caribe.
The pardon was so controversial that President Leonel Fernandez held an extraordinary press conference to justify his decision, saying that he had made it on humanitarian grounds, based on Lubrano's medical reports.
The source told Lora that the US authorities had based their decision on the Visa Law which requires the revocation of the document for people who have been convicted of fraud or other crimes without taking into consideration whether or not the person has been pardoned.
Central Bank lawyer Francisco Alvarez praised the US authorities' decision but expressed regret that another nation had applied justice in this case.
He said, "This is a healthy decision, but it is sad that it had to be another country and many people think "How sad that it was the United States that applied justice!"
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President Fernandez recently pardoned Lubrano de Castillo, who had received a five-year jail sentence for her role in the fraud that caused the collapse of Baninter. She did not serve any time in prison after claiming health problems. The decision to revoke her visa was revealed to Lora by a source at the United States Consulate in Santo Domingo, according to El Caribe.
The pardon was so controversial that President Leonel Fernandez held an extraordinary press conference to justify his decision, saying that he had made it on humanitarian grounds, based on Lubrano's medical reports.
The source told Lora that the US authorities had based their decision on the Visa Law which requires the revocation of the document for people who have been convicted of fraud or other crimes without taking into consideration whether or not the person has been pardoned.
Central Bank lawyer Francisco Alvarez praised the US authorities' decision but expressed regret that another nation had applied justice in this case.
He said, "This is a healthy decision, but it is sad that it had to be another country and many people think "How sad that it was the United States that applied justice!"
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)