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11-04-2009, 05:00 PM
Manuel Emilio Mesa Beltre, known locally as "El Gringo," has been sent to three months preventive custody in Najayo jail for his role at the helm of one of Santo Domingo's largest micro-drug trafficking rings. The layers surrounding the Gringo case are still being peeled away, but ties to well-connected lawyers, large sums of cash and even a murder-for-hire plot have all been linked to Mesa.
El Gringo was arrested with an estimated RD$4 million and EUR900 in cash, and police say that RD$40 million in cash was seized from the Solano currency exchange house followed by the discovery of a further RD$10 million last night.
Hoy is also reporting that last night two unidentified men opened fire on journalist Franklin Guerrero's house in the Alma Rosa sector of Santo Domingo. The shooting occurred at 8pm, while Guerrero was at home with his family. Guerrero has been reporting on the Guerrero case, and officials say the crime points back to Capotillo, where Mesa ran his operation. Guerrero says he now fears for his life.
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El Gringo was arrested with an estimated RD$4 million and EUR900 in cash, and police say that RD$40 million in cash was seized from the Solano currency exchange house followed by the discovery of a further RD$10 million last night.
Hoy is also reporting that last night two unidentified men opened fire on journalist Franklin Guerrero's house in the Alma Rosa sector of Santo Domingo. The shooting occurred at 8pm, while Guerrero was at home with his family. Guerrero has been reporting on the Guerrero case, and officials say the crime points back to Capotillo, where Mesa ran his operation. Guerrero says he now fears for his life.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)