SANTO DOMINGO.- A National District judge issued a warrant to search the office of the journalist Nuria Piera, so the Dominican dairy company Ladom can obtain unedited videos or CDs of her team’ visit to film the company’s facilities for her television program.

First Penal Chamber Court judge Felipe Molina Abréu also authorized the Justice Ministry to assist to obtain the lab analyses and tests mentioned in Nuria Piera’s and Huchi Lora’s June 7 television program.

Immediately, the lawyers for both journalists filed a challenge against the judicial measure, which began when the journalists alleged deficiency in Ladom's milk used in the public schools' breakfast..

Lora, describing the warrant as "unusual and irregular," said the ruling, if applied, is in a threat for the media as a way to investigate and denounce. He said the decision seems to be an attempt to intimidate which he said won’t effect or stop his or Piera’s work.