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09-07-2009, 04:10 PM
Fugitive Cristian Almonte and his suspect companion Sobeida Feliz Morel are accused of leading a powerful network of drug traffickers with tentacles in the east and north of the country whose members have to report the operations that they carry out. They battle other networks over the control of drugs that enter the nation from these sectors of the country.
Almonte and Feliz Morel are suspect of having lead one of the more than 40 micro-cartels that exist in the Dominican Republic, and according to what National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) head General Rolando Rosado Mateo told Diario Libre, they have recently been followed by the DNCD Intelligence Department.
The reports tell of how the tailing of Almonte began about a month ago, when drug agents picked up a man with 4 grams of cocaine.
This unleashed a string of arrests that led to the seizure of the US$4.6 million found inside one of the SUVs that was impounded. The case also led to the arrest of Sobeida Feliz Morel, who according to the Prosecutor is Almonte's mistress and associate. The DNCD is looking in other areas, especially tourist developments.
Meanwhile, a commission from the Prosecutor General's office is tracking possible bank accounts in Almonte's name or in the name of Feliz Morel or belonging to people with links to the pair, both in the country as well as in foreign banks.
Yesterday, the state intelligence agencies were pursuing the fugitive, and they called him a "dangerous man", who is heavily armed.
One source reported that all the country's airports are under heavy surveillance by special agents, as well as the roads in and out of towns and cities, "and all suspicious vehicles are carefully checked out."
After being identified by the prosecutor of the National District as the mistress of the fugitive Felipe and/or Cristian Almonte Peguero, the head of an alleged network of drug traffickers, Sobeida Feliz Morel was sent to Najayo Prison in San Cristobal yesterday by the judge of the Tribunal of Permanent Jurisdiction, Daysi Miguelina Abreu, who imposed one year of preventive custody as a coercive measure.
Feliz Morel, 30, is accused of violating several articles of Law 50-88 on Drugs and Controlled Substances, as well as Law 72-02 that identifies and punishes money laundering. According to the defense attorneys for the accused, headed by Candido Simon Polanco, Sobeida is married to an unidentified businessman and has two daughters. The lawyer said that there was no evidence found that implicated their client and that they would present the marriage certificate and prove her innocence when the time comes. The preventive custody will be reviewed every three months.
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Almonte and Feliz Morel are suspect of having lead one of the more than 40 micro-cartels that exist in the Dominican Republic, and according to what National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) head General Rolando Rosado Mateo told Diario Libre, they have recently been followed by the DNCD Intelligence Department.
The reports tell of how the tailing of Almonte began about a month ago, when drug agents picked up a man with 4 grams of cocaine.
This unleashed a string of arrests that led to the seizure of the US$4.6 million found inside one of the SUVs that was impounded. The case also led to the arrest of Sobeida Feliz Morel, who according to the Prosecutor is Almonte's mistress and associate. The DNCD is looking in other areas, especially tourist developments.
Meanwhile, a commission from the Prosecutor General's office is tracking possible bank accounts in Almonte's name or in the name of Feliz Morel or belonging to people with links to the pair, both in the country as well as in foreign banks.
Yesterday, the state intelligence agencies were pursuing the fugitive, and they called him a "dangerous man", who is heavily armed.
One source reported that all the country's airports are under heavy surveillance by special agents, as well as the roads in and out of towns and cities, "and all suspicious vehicles are carefully checked out."
After being identified by the prosecutor of the National District as the mistress of the fugitive Felipe and/or Cristian Almonte Peguero, the head of an alleged network of drug traffickers, Sobeida Feliz Morel was sent to Najayo Prison in San Cristobal yesterday by the judge of the Tribunal of Permanent Jurisdiction, Daysi Miguelina Abreu, who imposed one year of preventive custody as a coercive measure.
Feliz Morel, 30, is accused of violating several articles of Law 50-88 on Drugs and Controlled Substances, as well as Law 72-02 that identifies and punishes money laundering. According to the defense attorneys for the accused, headed by Candido Simon Polanco, Sobeida is married to an unidentified businessman and has two daughters. The lawyer said that there was no evidence found that implicated their client and that they would present the marriage certificate and prove her innocence when the time comes. The preventive custody will be reviewed every three months.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)