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08-19-2011, 01:30 PM
A 30 December 2009 confidential file reported to the State Department by the US Embassy, and released by Grupo SIN as part of the WikiLeaks collection of files related to the Dominican Republic, points to there being a generalized perception of a law enforcement system under the influence of drug money in the Dominican Republic.
Filed by Christopher Lambert, the file concludes: "The gangland-style killing of ex-National Police Lt. Col. Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez in an upscale Santo Domingo neighborhood on 12/24/09, and the subsequent highly-publicized investigation by prosecutors and police, has reinforced the public perception that the law enforcement system has been penetrated by narcos at the highest levels."
The file looks into the case of the arrest of five individuals who were arrested in connection with the incident, including two police colonels attached to the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the general assumption is that Gonzalez was ordered killed by fugitive narco-trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto, for whom Gonzalez is said to have worked as chief of security, after the prosecutor investigating Figueroa's activities reportedly suggested Gonzalez was cooperating with authorities. The file reports that Gonzalez was believed to have served as Figueroa's chief of security before the latter's flight. Figueroa left the country and was later arrested in Puerto Rico.
Figueroa came to the Dominican Republic after fleeing a Puerto Rican high security jail in 1999 where he was serving a 209-year sentence for murder.
Subsequently, Sobeida Felix, Figueroa's alleged lover and money-laundering accomplice, disappeared following her release on bail.
"From one incident to the next, the affair has steadily reinforced the public perception that the judiciary, the Public Ministry, and the police are riddled with narco-corruption," reports the US Embassy official. He is optimistic, though, that good can come out of this. "This is having the salutatory effect, however, of creating intense public pressure for a thorough investigation by legitimate authorities that could result in the identification, removal and perhaps even prosecution and conviction of corrupt officials."
Read the file in Spanish and English at www.noticiassin.com/2011/08/wikileaks-revela-aspectos-del-asesinato-del-ex-coronel-gonzalez-gonzalez-y-caso-de-lavado-activos-de-figueroa-agosto/ (http://www.noticiassin.com/2011/08/wikileaks-revela-aspectos-del-asesinato-del-ex-coronel-gonzalez-gonzalez-y-caso-de-lavado-activos-de-figueroa-agosto/)
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Filed by Christopher Lambert, the file concludes: "The gangland-style killing of ex-National Police Lt. Col. Jose Amado Gonzalez Gonzalez in an upscale Santo Domingo neighborhood on 12/24/09, and the subsequent highly-publicized investigation by prosecutors and police, has reinforced the public perception that the law enforcement system has been penetrated by narcos at the highest levels."
The file looks into the case of the arrest of five individuals who were arrested in connection with the incident, including two police colonels attached to the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the general assumption is that Gonzalez was ordered killed by fugitive narco-trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto, for whom Gonzalez is said to have worked as chief of security, after the prosecutor investigating Figueroa's activities reportedly suggested Gonzalez was cooperating with authorities. The file reports that Gonzalez was believed to have served as Figueroa's chief of security before the latter's flight. Figueroa left the country and was later arrested in Puerto Rico.
Figueroa came to the Dominican Republic after fleeing a Puerto Rican high security jail in 1999 where he was serving a 209-year sentence for murder.
Subsequently, Sobeida Felix, Figueroa's alleged lover and money-laundering accomplice, disappeared following her release on bail.
"From one incident to the next, the affair has steadily reinforced the public perception that the judiciary, the Public Ministry, and the police are riddled with narco-corruption," reports the US Embassy official. He is optimistic, though, that good can come out of this. "This is having the salutatory effect, however, of creating intense public pressure for a thorough investigation by legitimate authorities that could result in the identification, removal and perhaps even prosecution and conviction of corrupt officials."
Read the file in Spanish and English at www.noticiassin.com/2011/08/wikileaks-revela-aspectos-del-asesinato-del-ex-coronel-gonzalez-gonzalez-y-caso-de-lavado-activos-de-figueroa-agosto/ (http://www.noticiassin.com/2011/08/wikileaks-revela-aspectos-del-asesinato-del-ex-coronel-gonzalez-gonzalez-y-caso-de-lavado-activos-de-figueroa-agosto/)
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