12989: Drugs Smuggled fron Haiti to DR by Diplomat--NYT (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: JD Lemieux <lxhaiti@yahoo.com>

August 30, 2002
World Briefing: Americas


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DIPLOMAT FACES DRUG CHARGE The police
charged the country's vice consul to Haiti with drug
trafficking after he was found with more than 90 pounds of
cocaine, a machine gun and numerous Haitian and Dominican
passports. Ornis Freddy Peņa Mendez was arrested in a Santo
Domingo slum with two other men who were under
surveillance. The police said the group used a tour bus
line to smuggle drugs into the country from Haiti, whose
lack of effective police and border control has made it a
favorite port of entry for Colombian smugglers.    David
Gonzalez (NYT)


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