Attorney General blames gangs

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Republic's Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena said yesterday that the current crime wave in Puerto Plata is due to in fighting among drug gangs. He also said that organized crime was behind all recent incidents. Referring to "normal crimes", the minister said that petty crimes and other "normal" crimes were under control in the province. Jimenez Pena said that ever since Major General Rafael Ramirez Ferreira took over the leadership of the National Office for Drug Control (DNCD), there has been an all-out conflict with drug traffickers and this has led to internal struggles between gangs. The AG also said that he did not discredit the comments made by presidential advisor Vincho Marino Castillo who suggested that a Russian mob was behind much of the criminal activity along the North Coast.

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