Colonel arrested in Parmalat case

[NewsWhore]

Santo Domingo province prosecutor Perfecto Acosta confirmed on Monday that a Lieutenant Colonel from the National Police was arrested for alleged ties to the Parmalat case. Tomas Garcia Lebron was detained last Saturday while trying to escape to Haiti, according to official reports. Perfecto Acosta says that the officer, who was already subject to an exit ban, was detained by border authorities as he tried to cross. Recently, a 12-member commando unit headed by an Air Force major carried out a raid on the Parmalat Company, located in Villa Duarte and Los Mameyes in the province of Santo Domingo. Major Jorge Luis Vargas Cuello was wounded during the raid and is currently under three months' detention pending the investigation. Garcia Lebron is being held at Police headquarters, according to the official report.

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