 “Powerful” ring shipped cocaine from villa in Casa de Campo |
| The authorities called the network one of the most powerful in the Caribbean region, charged with shipping more than 300 kilos cocaine to the United States. Several of the members was caught in or around different villas in Casa de Campo. Casa de Campo is the #1 playground for corrupt government officials, exiled presidents and drug lords in the Dominican Republic........ |
| Read more | 25 Nov 2011 |
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| Groups seek release of 11 fishermen languishing in Bahamas jail |
| Dominican Watchdog says, Keep them in jail, this is an almost weekly event that Dominican fishermen are caught stealing the fish and shellfish around the Bahamas. As long as they are in jail they can't do that, can they.....?... see links to other cases..... |
| Read more | 25 Nov 2011 |
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| The US lists painful truths to Dominicans - UPDATE 3 more similar casas |
And the British ambassador slams the country on lack of investment security and cited a company he said recently shut its doors after being extorted..... (UPDATE) - Dominican business leaders rally behind the UK Ambassador..... (Update 2) - High court to probe judge’s possible link to UK Ambassador’s extortion claim.... UPDATE 3 - New case shows similar corruption problems!! |
| Read more | 22 Feb 2012 |
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| Dominican fugitive “the Monster” extradited to North Carolina |
| Extraditable’s “hat tricks” must stop, Prosecutor says - Gen. Naranjo says group was using small planes to ship about 1.5 tons of cocaine a week to the Dominican Republic and Honduras en route to the United States....... |
| Read more | 23 Nov 2011 |
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| Dominican charged in New York terrorist plot |
| The New York Police Department's Intelligence Division and Counter-Terrorism Bureau determined that Pimentel had managed to make at least three rudimentary bombs with materials he bought at Home Depot and at 99 Cents stores. Jose Pimental's arrest for NYC terror plot puts Washington Heights neighborhood under microscope...... |
| Read more | 22 Nov 2011 |
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| Dominicans suck millions out of U.S. seniors |
| Here is just a few stories about the Western Union scam: Jenny Lawless, an employee of Giant Food Store on West Union Boulevard in Bethlehem, assists customer Frank Becker Wednesday. Weeks earlier, she refused to wire money for a senior citizen because she knew he was being conned...... Ib San Francisco an elderly was robbed of USD 3,500.... Watch videos!!
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| Read more | 24 Dec 2011 |
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| U.S. Marshals arrest Mexican cartel member in Dominican Republic |
| "Welcome to Little Mexico" - This story shows that Mexican cartels finds Dominican Republic a safer place to hide fugitives and at the same time use expand their business. Watch video about the Dominican President and his connections to drug lords...... |
| Read more | 21 Nov 2011 |
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| Two Canadian tourists drown in Dominican Republic(UPDATE) |
| Friends identified the two men as Joe Valentino, 64, and Nick Carlucci, 63. The El Nacional website reports their bodies washed up on the beach last Tuesday evening after they were carried away by strong waves.......
One Cabarete resident reported on a discussion forum that he had repeatedly urged authorities to replace the warning sign that had once been planted at that perilous area of the beach! |
| Read more | 21 Nov 2011 |
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| Dominicans arrested in Virgin Islands for smuggling cocaine |
| Three Dominicans arrested off St. Thomas' southern coast for smuggling cocaine were remanded to federal custody during a detention hearing in U.S. District Court's Magistrate Division, Jose Jimenez, 47, Marcelino Diogenes, 46, and Franklin Abbott, 32, fidgeted in their jumpsuits and seats lining the wall of District Courtroom 2, while a Spanish interpreter translated........ Also watch video about Leonel & The Drug Lords....... |
| Read more | 19 Nov 2011 |
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| Dominican arrested in Panama killings of 5 Chinese |
| Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have arrested a man suspected of helping kidnap and kill five Chinese men in Panama. Police spokesman Maximo Baez says Fermin Antonio Taveras Ramirez had lightened his hair and erased all of his fingerprints through surgery....... |
| Read more | 19 Nov 2011 |
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| Robbed by "Police" at gunpoint in Dominican Republic |
| Reds third baseman Juan Francisco was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday in his native Dominican Republic. Four individuals wearing vests with police logos stopped the Cadillac vehicle he was driving with a friend. Both men did what they were told by the gunmen and surrendered their belongings, which had an estimated value of $10,000 U.S....... |
| Read more | 17 Nov 2011 |
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| US, Dominicans sign deal on Medicare fraud assets, Victims got nothing! |
| BUYERS BEWARE!! What this article don't mention is that many foreign investors lost their off plan apartment in cases where the units were confiscated. I have yet not heard of one single case where the Dominican government compensated the small foreign investor who lost their holiday home due to money laundering organizations and corrupt government officials...... Leonel gave USD 36 Million in loan to one of the biggest money laundering operations in the DR!! |
| Read more | 19 Nov 2011 |
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| Drive-by shootings target two elected officials |
| Welcome to "Little Mexico" - Unidentified gunmen fired eight bullets at the vehicle driven by of TV personality Betty Geronimo, wife of Santo Domingo North mayor Francisco Fernandez...... Visit the MEMORIAL WALL for tourists killed in Dominican Republic during the last 3 years Leonel has been in power!....... |
| Read more | 14 Nov 2011 |
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| Leonel Fernandez and the Philippine scandal(UPDATE) |
| "Useless LEO" involved in international scandal - IN THE KNOW: Dominican Republic honored Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last May and apparently gave her a Dominican Passport. Will President Leonel give another corrupt ex president exile in Casa de Campo....? Dominican Republic has no extradition treaty with the Philippines....... |
| Read more | 16 Nov 2011 |
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| Cap Cana Defaults on 2016 Bonds, High profile lawsuit from Spain |
| Cap Cana missed an interest payment on OCT 31st, 2011 of about $4.8 million and “based on its currently projected cash flows, it will not be able to resume interest payments on the 2016 notes for the foreseeable future,” the company said in a statement today....... High profile lawsuit against Cap Cana from Spain!!......Cap Cana spamming Google to suppress bad press...... |
| Read more | 10 Nov 2011 |
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| Travelers again assaulted at Las Americas highway |
| Travelers arriving at Las Americas International Airport continue to denounce holdups, this time the victims, Bladimir Corporán and his mother Mercedes suspect police agents....., Police catch robbers and releases them again to continue their crimes! Abuse of tourists prompts heightened Police patrols in Punta Cana...... |
| Read more | 14 Nov 2011 |
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| DR living standards among region's lowest |
| "Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All" ranks Chile as the country with the highest standards in Latin America and the Caribbean. Down the classification of "medium human development" is Dominican Republic at number 98...... Former United States president Jimmy Carter will visit Dominican Republic for three days to participate in development for the poor and meeting the reason to lack of development; president Leonel Fernandez...... |
| Read more | 14 Nov 2011 |
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| Fugitive "armed and dangerous” Police lieutenant unleashes major scandal |
Again a police officer was hired to murder business people and later protected by his Colonel!! Nor the Chief of Police or the President have control over the amazing corruption of their police force. Leonel is an all talk no action man...... |
| Read more | 05 Nov 2011 |
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| Murder over a parking space in upscale sector of Santo Doming |
| Take a good look at this Dominican idiot Rafael Emilio González, he is the product of Leonel Fernandez time as President in the DR. This aggresive man killed the 55-year old businessman Guillermo Moncada Aybar yesterday following a dispute over a residential parking space. Rafael Emilio González fired three shots to his head....... |
| Read more | 05 Nov 2011 |
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| Oxfam says that food and farming are at risk in the Dominican Republic |
| This again shows Leonel has been completely useless as President and that the political class gives little importance to the sector. "In the 1980s, the government spent 14.1% of all revenues in farming. In the 1990s, spending had declined to 9.6%. But in the past decade, the government spent less than 5%," soon they can't feed themselves, but will depend on expensive imported food....... |
| Read more | 05 Nov 2011 |
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| Medina presents Margarita as his running mate, is she corrupt? |
| WE WILL WATCH YOU MARGARITA!! - Being the wife of the current President running one of the most corrupt governments in the history of the Dominican Republic, we have only ONE question for Margarita - Can you keep your fingers out of the cookie jar? Dominican Watchdog has set up a special website to track possible corruption of Margarita Cedeno Fernandez......... |
| Read more | 04 Nov 2011 |
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| Florida to extradite Dominican charged with his friend’s tragic death |
| Eddy Nunez Garrido is charged with killing a childhood friend after a party in a Santo Domingo neighborhood 15 years ago. The ruling is another chapter in a case which has drawn interest abroad given the fact that both the accused and the victim belong to prominent Dominican families....... |
| Read more | 04 Nov 2011 |
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