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EMBRAER DELIVERS FIRST SUPER TUCANO AIRCRAFT TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

São José dos Campos, December 18, 2009 Embraer delivered the first two Super Tucano aircraft, of a total of eight, last week, to the government of the Dominican Republic. The delivery ceremony was attended by the Dominican Secretary of Defense, Lieutenant General Pedro Rafael Peña Antonio; the Vice Minister of the Armed Forces, Vice Admiral Nicolás Cabrera Arias; the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Brazil, Hector Dionisio Perez; Brigadier General and Pilot Ricardo Cabral Vittini; Minister Alejandro Arias Zarzuela; and…

Contest to choose the most corrupt?

Will discussions of corruption and drug trafficking just become an argument about who was more corrupt and supportive of drug trafficking – the Mejia or Fernandez administration? “Don’t make me laugh,” were the exact words quoted by journalist Adalberto de la Rosa, when he questioned Presidential drug advisor Vincho Castillo about the Gallup-Hoy poll on perceived corruption in the Leonel Fernandez administration and the Hipolito Mejia administration. The Gallup poll revealed that more than half the population believes that corruption in government…

Drugs fall from the sky

Dominican officials have announced that a 518-kilo shipment of drugs was seized near Playa Moron, in northeastern Samana. The drugs were reportedly dropped from a plane about 3 Image by Getty Images via Daylife nautical miles from Samana. Four men, Fausto Andres Mercedes, Pedro Alexander Mota Hilario, Daniel Esteban Alvarez Alvarez and Luciano Calcano have been arrested in connection with the drugs. Reports indicate the men were caught at sea when in small boats they sought to retrieve the launched drugs. The National Drug…

Drug plane falls

Image via Wikipedia A small plane carrying bricks of cocaine has crashed off the Matanzas coast near the southwestern city of Bani, once again pushing the province’s drug problems back to the front page. Details are still being recovered, but the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) says the pilot was killed in the crash, which occurred at 2am on Tuesday morning. The body of a second person has yet to be recovered and only four large bricks of cocaine, totaling 120 kilos, have been…

Colombian cartels add concerns

The Colombian cartels that used former military captain Ernesto Quirino Paulino Castillo as their intermediary in the Dominican link of the drug smuggling chain are now working directly with the DR military forces and with civilians, says former National District DA Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero. Hernandez Peguero said that a large number of Colombians, at least 4,000 by his estimates, are in the country working within the drug trade. Hernandez mentioned that the institutional deficiencies in neighboring Haiti have also facilitated…

Another deportee flight

After completing prison terms in the United States for drug trafficking, homicide, assault, counterfeiting, kidnapping and other criminal offenses, 103 Dominicans arrived at Las Americas International Airport on Wednesday. The chartered DC-10 that brought the former convicts was received in the northeastern corner of the terminal. They were repatriated by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, arriving in the country at 1:05 in the afternoon from New York. The group was escorted by nine FBI and DEA agents. According to their files, the…