NewsWhore
12-03-2009, 12:50 PM
An editorial in today's Clave newspaper says it seems unlikely that the authorities are letting on all they know in the case of Sobeida Felix Morel, a fugitive from justice. The newspaper says that the country deserves a better explanation about her disappearance. It comments that her protector, known drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto is a very lucky fugitive. Despite a long list of crimes committed in Puerto Rico, he was able to establish himself in the DR and operate his crime and drug trafficking network freely, without too many limitations, writes the editorialist. "Nobody identified him, he used several names, received IDs from the National Investigations Department (DNI) and permits to carry weapons from the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior and Police," writes Clave. The newspaper asks: "Who recommended him?"
The editorialist reveals that General Rafael Ramirez Ferreira, the director of the National Drug Control Department in 2007, had requested his arrest and extradition to the United States. "That request could not be fulfilled. The reasons are unknown," says Clave.
The newspaper speculates then on what it calls the "thriller" of his escape from the authorities. "He was detected, pursued, his vehicle was shot at, and he abandoned the vehicle and disappeared. He made a "miraculous" escape. He left a laptop inside the car, and at least two dozen active telephones and other documents," the editorial writer tells. But then asks: "What was inside the computer. What information about his connections was extracted from there? Why didn't the authorities do what the Colombian authorities did with Raul Reyes' laptop? What do the telephones say about his connections and support in the DR?"
The editorial also asks about the US$4.6 million found inside a vehicle belonging to Figueroa Agosto. "To whom does it lead?" The DNCD and the Police have said nothing, and instead say they are still on the trail of Sobeida Felix.
The editorialist says the plot does not make sense and calls for more explanations. "The Prosecutor General office should do its work more efficiently, more power over the proof that is now in the hands of the authorities," it writes.
"Figueroa Agosto's computers, the telephones and the confiscated documents should be in the hands of investigators from the Prosecutor General Office, the main entity responsible for telling what really is happening with this boring performance".
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The editorialist reveals that General Rafael Ramirez Ferreira, the director of the National Drug Control Department in 2007, had requested his arrest and extradition to the United States. "That request could not be fulfilled. The reasons are unknown," says Clave.
The newspaper speculates then on what it calls the "thriller" of his escape from the authorities. "He was detected, pursued, his vehicle was shot at, and he abandoned the vehicle and disappeared. He made a "miraculous" escape. He left a laptop inside the car, and at least two dozen active telephones and other documents," the editorial writer tells. But then asks: "What was inside the computer. What information about his connections was extracted from there? Why didn't the authorities do what the Colombian authorities did with Raul Reyes' laptop? What do the telephones say about his connections and support in the DR?"
The editorial also asks about the US$4.6 million found inside a vehicle belonging to Figueroa Agosto. "To whom does it lead?" The DNCD and the Police have said nothing, and instead say they are still on the trail of Sobeida Felix.
The editorialist says the plot does not make sense and calls for more explanations. "The Prosecutor General office should do its work more efficiently, more power over the proof that is now in the hands of the authorities," it writes.
"Figueroa Agosto's computers, the telephones and the confiscated documents should be in the hands of investigators from the Prosecutor General Office, the main entity responsible for telling what really is happening with this boring performance".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)