NewsWhore
06-07-2010, 02:00 PM
For all the months of investigation, the Police and Prosecutor General Office appear to be basing the case against Puerto Rican fugitive Jose David Figueroa Agosto on asset laundering. Despite early reports of the Police deeming Figueroa Agosto as a major drug baron in the DR, evidence presented by the prosecutors is focusing primarily on charges for asset laundering. There has been no mention of the complicity with authorities that allowed the known Puerto Rican murderer to operate in the DR for almost 10 years.
Hoy reports that regarding drug dealing, there is evidence of 254.72 kilos of cocaine that was found together with several weapons in a pick up parked at the residence of Jose Gabriel Arias Castillo (Alex el Pelotero) who was murdered and has since been linked to Figueroa Agosto. Traces of cocaine were also found in an Arroyo Hondo house that has been confiscated and is said to belong to Figueroa Agosto.
The case reports that Figueroa Agosto was arrested by the National Drug Control Department in 2001, when using the fake name of Felipe Rodriguez de la Rosa, but he was later released, but no explanation for the release is given.
With those two exceptions, Hoy reports that the case rather focuses on asset laundering in which some 10 Dominicans are accused. These include assets of more than US$7.17 million that supposedly the wife of Figueroa, also fugitive of justice, with the double identities of Fior Jansen Rodriguez or Leavy Nin Batista had in her name.
The deals were usually carried out in the names of third party companies.
Hoy reports that in the case of Sobeida Felix Morel, said to be the known lover of Figueroa Agosto, there are operations for more than US$2 million, in addition to the US$4.4 million confiscated in a SUV at the Alco Paradisso tower, where Felix Morel was arrested. The case says that Felix Morel cannot substantiate the source of the funds with which the purchases were made.
Also included in the case is the late Ruben Soto Hayet who was murdered on 14 May upon arriving to his La Francesa coffee shop. He is mentioned in a contract for the purchase of shares in Shaolim Investment signed between Cristian Almonte Peguero (another name said to be used by Figueroa Agosto in the DR) and Fior Jansen, fake name of the wife of Figueroa Agosto.
The murdered Police Colonel Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez and his wife Madeline Bernard appear as purchasers of several companies in which Figueroa Agosto or the named Cristian Almonte Peguero purchased real estate properties and two Mazda SUVs. These properties included apartment 4C of Torre Serena where Gonzalez lived and where he was murdered on 24 December 2009 upon arriving at the building.
The other murdered person who is now being posthumously accused is Jose Gabriel Arias Castillo (Alex El Pelotero), who was killed by a knife-wound at the La Victoria jail where he was serving time for the confiscation of 254 kilos of cocaine and several weapons found in his residence in Villa Mella. The drugs that were confiscated appear as proof against Figueroa, because one of the weapons confiscated was in the name of Cristian Almonte.
Alicia Ortega in her El Informe de Alicia says she will present more details on those accused of involvement with Figueroa Agosto on her TV show tonight at 9pm on Channel 7, Antena Latina.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)
Hoy reports that regarding drug dealing, there is evidence of 254.72 kilos of cocaine that was found together with several weapons in a pick up parked at the residence of Jose Gabriel Arias Castillo (Alex el Pelotero) who was murdered and has since been linked to Figueroa Agosto. Traces of cocaine were also found in an Arroyo Hondo house that has been confiscated and is said to belong to Figueroa Agosto.
The case reports that Figueroa Agosto was arrested by the National Drug Control Department in 2001, when using the fake name of Felipe Rodriguez de la Rosa, but he was later released, but no explanation for the release is given.
With those two exceptions, Hoy reports that the case rather focuses on asset laundering in which some 10 Dominicans are accused. These include assets of more than US$7.17 million that supposedly the wife of Figueroa, also fugitive of justice, with the double identities of Fior Jansen Rodriguez or Leavy Nin Batista had in her name.
The deals were usually carried out in the names of third party companies.
Hoy reports that in the case of Sobeida Felix Morel, said to be the known lover of Figueroa Agosto, there are operations for more than US$2 million, in addition to the US$4.4 million confiscated in a SUV at the Alco Paradisso tower, where Felix Morel was arrested. The case says that Felix Morel cannot substantiate the source of the funds with which the purchases were made.
Also included in the case is the late Ruben Soto Hayet who was murdered on 14 May upon arriving to his La Francesa coffee shop. He is mentioned in a contract for the purchase of shares in Shaolim Investment signed between Cristian Almonte Peguero (another name said to be used by Figueroa Agosto in the DR) and Fior Jansen, fake name of the wife of Figueroa Agosto.
The murdered Police Colonel Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez and his wife Madeline Bernard appear as purchasers of several companies in which Figueroa Agosto or the named Cristian Almonte Peguero purchased real estate properties and two Mazda SUVs. These properties included apartment 4C of Torre Serena where Gonzalez lived and where he was murdered on 24 December 2009 upon arriving at the building.
The other murdered person who is now being posthumously accused is Jose Gabriel Arias Castillo (Alex El Pelotero), who was killed by a knife-wound at the La Victoria jail where he was serving time for the confiscation of 254 kilos of cocaine and several weapons found in his residence in Villa Mella. The drugs that were confiscated appear as proof against Figueroa, because one of the weapons confiscated was in the name of Cristian Almonte.
Alicia Ortega in her El Informe de Alicia says she will present more details on those accused of involvement with Figueroa Agosto on her TV show tonight at 9pm on Channel 7, Antena Latina.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)