Three Venezuelans were arrested with US $ 1.3 million in La Romana, Dominican Republic
Three Venezuelan citizens were arrested when they tried to get 1 million 378 thousand dollars out of the country, through a plane that would fly from the International Airport of La Romana. It is about the citizens identified as Claudio Di Genova Cistarol pilot, Estela Gómez de Rodríguez and Jonathan Mata Figueroa Authorities suspect that the money comes from international drug trafficking.
The money was discovered and confiscated by the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), working jointly with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Specialized Corps of Airport Security and Civil Aviation (Cesac), the intelligence corps of the Ministry of Defense (J -2), the National Directorate of Investigations (DNI).
The authorities reported that they assisted trained dogs from the DNCD to inspect the Venezuelan registration aircraft YV2887, which would fly from La Romana to the South American country. They indicated that the three crew members showed nervousness, which raised suspicions
In the review it was discovered that in the small plane BE-58 a box with a million 355 thousand dollars was found. Also, bundles that amounted to US $ 22 thousand 258 which were found in one of the pilot’s luggage.
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