Un senator and at least five deputies from different political parties are among the red radar points of the investigation of Operation Falcon, the most gigantic in recent times to dismantle a drug trafficking network that moved more than 10,000 kilos of cocaine to United States and other countries.
At the moment there are three deputies involved by the public ministry in this network of money laundering and drug trafficking and, according to sources linked to the investigation, more may fall in the next few hours or days on which there are already compromising files.
Apart from them, more civilians involved are also expected to be caught.
The evidence has been compiled during a process of several months of joint work between Dominican authorities and the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and based on this evidence they are likely subject to imprisonment and extradition to that country, the sources.
Links and evidence
The senator, whose identity and province of representation was disclosed, appears in the evidence maintaining close links with the head of operations of the network, Juan José de la Cruz Morales, alias “The Chief of the East”, according to establish the sources consulted.
Morales’ extradition has already been signed by President Luis Abinader.
Apart from “Operation Falcon”, the authorities of the public prosecutor’s office and the fight against drugs gather evidence of at least four powerful networks dedicated to drug trafficking, money laundering and trafficking in weapons and people, in the operations is visible the alleged complicity of legislators.
Order of special judge for the case
The Public Ministry requested yesterday Wednesday in the Supreme Court of Justice the appointment of a judge of special instruction to know of the accusations against the deputies Nelson Rafael Marmolejos Gil, Héctor Darío Félix Félix and Faustina Guerrero Cabrera, involved in the drug trafficking asset washing network dismantled with Operation Falcon.
Deputy Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso, head of the General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministry, presented the request to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Luis Henry Molina, through an application filed with the secretariat of the judicial body .
Deputies involved
Marmolejos Gil, of Santiago; Féliz Féliz, from Pedernales, and Guerrero Cabrera, from Seibo, are among those involved in the extensive network in which the Public Ministry occupied millionaire assets allegedly acquired with money from drug trafficking. All three are deputies elected in the 2020 elections and therefore have privileged jurisdiction, under Article 154 of the Constitution of the Republic.
This article points out, if literal 1, that it is exclusively up to the Supreme Court to hear in a single instance the criminal cases pursued by senators and deputies, “recalls the Director General of Persecution of the Public Ministry in the instance.
Reynoso explains that the Public Ministry has opened an investigation against the three deputies, whom it accuses, on a provisional basis, of association of criminals, drug trafficking, money laundering and illegal possession of weapons. fire.
These crimes are classified in articles 265 and 266 of the Dominican Penal Code, as well as by articles 4, 58, 60, 75, 85, 99, 100 and 101 of Law 50-88, on Drugs and controlled substances.
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under persecution
The Public Ministry and the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) are pursuing, with the support of all state security organs, Erick Randhiel mosque Polanco and others involved in the drug trafficking and money laundering disarticulated with Operation Falcon.
In addition to Erick Randhiel mosque Polanco, there are also fugitives his brothers Harington José mosque Núñez and Claritza Andreina mosque Eduard.
Also Alberto De Jesus Polanco is persecuted (the Dark one), partner and ringleader of the drug trafficker.