Sarah and Celine (R) leave jail after their release in Santiago. (Photo: daylife.com)
Santo Domingo.– Two French women convicted of drug
trafficking were released from a Dominican prison and headed back to
Paris on Tuesday, after President Leonel Fernandez pardoned them last week.
Sarah Zaknoun, 19, and Celine Faye, 20, left a
women's penitentiary near Santiago accompanied by French officials.
They were helicoptered to Santo Domingo, and taken to the
French Embassy to await a commercial flight home.
The women were arrested in June 2008 while
trying to board a flight to Paris carrying six kilograms of cocaine, but they maintain they did not
know the drugs were in their luggage. A
Dominican court sentenced them to eight years in prison.
Their case
became a cause celebre in France, and interventions by officials and
luminaries including first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy helped them secure
a Christmas Eve pardon from President Fernandez.
French
President Nicolas Sarkozy cheered the decision last week and said the
women will not face further charges or jail time back home.
Zaknoun and Faye's pardons were granted after the
two countries signed a convention that lets criminals serve jail
sentences in their native lands. Some 35 Dominicans are imprisoned in
France, while at least 17 other French citizens are currently jailed in
the Dominican Republic.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
how nice a story to tell their grandchildren........and we will recieve 35 tour guides who speak French.....Maybe El Wanko can arrange a parade for them in Las Terrenas on their return.....Vive La France
From: Denmark
Blu,
I wouldnt mind beeing the warden of these chicks. Gostoso
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
oink oink ......Scandi your mind is always in the gutter...for that the next time you travel it is the full body cavity search for you
From: Denmark
And you know were my lips/toungue are......
From: Denmark
Good morning man
From: Denmark
Thats Fjucking true
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
you guys from Oslo are all the same
From: United States
viking ( barbarian)
you wish there were a miracle to gratify your perverted desire
I can see why discard Catholicism(Mary)
You can not live within its moral confines
I hope that DT deletes the obscene poison that you have printed.
What a pervert !!!!
From: Denmark
Good morning again
From: Denmark
Since I am a barbarian Viking I'll have to keep up to your expectation. I couldn't care less to hide any pervertions if I had some.
But have look into what the representatives of the catholic church in Ireland has admitted lately. Those representatives done what they have done to people trusting them are the worst scumbags of the world.
From: Denmark
ec01 you wrote: I can see why discard Catholicism(Mary)
You can not live within its moral confines
Your comments on the immoral catholic bishops and padres in Ireland will surely tell me your definition of moral. Too mouthfull for you???
Written by: BASTA, 30 Dec 2009 7:30 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
They should never have been arrested= Legalize=free abortions for all= I live in the country of Duh! NoNo we Dominincans know better= Big Duh.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Another brilliant example of separation of powers.
The President (executive) undoing the judicial.
Maybe they should rewrite (again) the constitution so the President also be Attorney general, president of the Senate and Chief justice.
Positive: we'd get rid of all the judges and fiscals, so mo' money for the electrical bill.
Written by: josean, 30 Dec 2009 11:07 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Written by: zak325, 30 Dec 2009 11:08 AM
From: United States
A little pressure from the Frogs and the Dominican government folds like a lawn chair. Do you think Dominican women convicted of trafficking would have been released after a year ? Perhaps the DR should apply the same treatment that a British citizen got in China last weekend for trafficking, a 7.62mm round to the head.
Written by: LaVerdad, 30 Dec 2009 12:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
hmmmm justice?
Written by: zak325, 30 Dec 2009 12:30 PM
From: United States
In the DR case it shows if you'r a White European female, you do not have to obey another countries laws. In the Chinese case that trafficker will never traffic drugs in China again .(remenber, China is fully cognizant of what the British opium trade did to the country)
From: Dominican Republic
I'd say that's two happy campers.......
"Time to wake up, you're going home today"
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
The new constitution ,which no one seems to have seen ,was drafted by politicians and approved by all politicians and the system of Presidential pardons which is also in place in the USA was retained ...yes Water Polo the constitution should be changed ,,,by the people and not by politicians.
Written by: Yucahu, 30 Dec 2009 3:40 PM
From: United States, Miami
Viking, you are disgusting. Catholics priests actions towards innocents is disgusting. That the these two women deal that junk in my country and spread their poison and are now appointed "ambassadors". That is the height of disgust and a disgusting insult to the Dominican people that two criminals are pardoned then rewarded once they arrive to their country. They should be humble and silent. Sarkozy lost whatever respect I had for him. Europe for all it's freedoms and rights is a sad place.
Yuca
From: United States, New York City
I see. So if drug dealers are pretty teen aged girls from France (I know, I'm being rather kind) their government will intervene on their behalf if they where to ever get caught. Case in point. Nice.
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
You can access a website setup to get national support for the two French heroines victim of the Dominican corrupt legal system...Nos volvimos locos al complacer a esos Franceses cobardes...Libérons ces deux criminelles!!
http://www.aveccelineetsarah.com/From: United States, NY/NJ
Yeaaaaaa two young girls most likely with money were not stupid enough to try taking some of the drugs they were using in this beautiful island back home.... riiiight. They are just lucky our president doesn't have a pair. They need to stop letting foreigners think they can make a mockery of the law and get away with it or this will continue to happen. Just from their names you know they are of Arabic/Middle eastern origin. This pleaing from a French government that pardons a child molester because he is an "artist" give me a break.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
These international agreements are in place world wide now but normally mean that the convicted person spends most of his time in a prison in his home country ..it suits countries where the offence was committed because they do not have the huge cost of maintaining these people .
However ,in this case the young girls will not spend more time in prison in France ..i do not know why but Madame Sarkozy probably difficult to argue against.
Written by: josean, 30 Dec 2009 6:58 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
LIE-onel Fernandez pardoned a Billion Dollar embezzler, so what is to let two girls go who got caught with a little blow or smack. Especially after the gratuities he and Margarita got during their recent trip to "Viva La France."
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
how nice to get pardon when the french presindent is pressuring the dominicans, to release are people, I wonder if it was other around two dominican girls arrested for traffing drugs to france, would they get a pardon to ? nottttttttttttt
Written by: danny00, 30 Dec 2009 8:08 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
one year in the dr jail is enough even 4 one dog to stand., and who knows what bullshit they had to go though in that jail im sure it was no party for them.
and yes many dominican men and women get plenty of chances in other countries court system like in the united states....
sh-t know of one lady {dominican} was though the court system 12 times in new york city with some very nasty crimes and never served one day in jail.....so stop the bullshit.... u know dominican men where part of this dont u?
they talked them or sold them the drugs u forget about this dont u?
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
that not the point they brought drugs to the country illegally no matter who was involed this two french cunts are still guilty and should pay for there crimes.
From: United States
punishment by rape!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL take that one. oh an i forgot they must get branded and make it hot an steamy!!!! bonjour!!!!!!!
From: Denmark
Yuca, you are entitled to your opinion, however for your own sake I do not hope you consider my joke to be at the same level of disgrace as to the Irish.
Those two chicks were smuggling dope out of the country. I do hope they were not innocent, and got a fair trail in DR, however allmost everybody on DT claims the judicial system to be corrupt and not too relaiable. I suppose they had french representatives at the court to secure as fair a trail as they could, and beeing in prison since 2008, the french if sure they were innocent would have intervened. It is of course an offense they are not jailed in France and do their full therm. But you know mrs. Sarkozy beeing a good looking lady and these 2 chicks as well. If they were 2 guys they would have been thrown in jail upon arrival in France. Thats the European way of equality. Europe is not a sad place, but right now a very cold place.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
banana nose again proves he is an imbecile with his sexiist crude remarks
From: Denmark
Happy New Year to everybody in here. Have a Presidente for me as well tonite. Blu take it easy tonite!!!
Written by: clinker, 31 Dec 2009 3:07 PM
From: Dominican Republic
viva la france
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I wouldnt mind beeing the warden of these chicks. Gostoso
you wish there were a miracle to gratify your perverted desire
I can see why discard Catholicism(Mary)
You can not live within its moral confines
I hope that DT deletes the obscene poison that you have printed.
What a pervert !!!!
But have look into what the representatives of the catholic church in Ireland has admitted lately. Those representatives done what they have done to people trusting them are the worst scumbags of the world.
You can not live within its moral confines
Your comments on the immoral catholic bishops and padres in Ireland will surely tell me your definition of moral. Too mouthfull for you???
The President (executive) undoing the judicial.
Maybe they should rewrite (again) the constitution so the President also be Attorney general, president of the Senate and Chief justice.
Positive: we'd get rid of all the judges and fiscals, so mo' money for the electrical bill.
Read the last sentece of the linked article for the outrage:
http://www.noticiassin.com/www/?g....y_article&tid=5&aid=11834
"Time to wake up, you're going home today"
Yuca
http://www.aveccelineetsarah.com/
However ,in this case the young girls will not spend more time in prison in France ..i do not know why but Madame Sarkozy probably difficult to argue against.
and yes many dominican men and women get plenty of chances in other countries court system like in the united states....
sh-t know of one lady {dominican} was though the court system 12 times in new york city with some very nasty crimes and never served one day in jail.....so stop the bullshit.... u know dominican men where part of this dont u?
they talked them or sold them the drugs u forget about this dont u?
Those two chicks were smuggling dope out of the country. I do hope they were not innocent, and got a fair trail in DR, however allmost everybody on DT claims the judicial system to be corrupt and not too relaiable. I suppose they had french representatives at the court to secure as fair a trail as they could, and beeing in prison since 2008, the french if sure they were innocent would have intervened. It is of course an offense they are not jailed in France and do their full therm. But you know mrs. Sarkozy beeing a good looking lady and these 2 chicks as well. If they were 2 guys they would have been thrown in jail upon arrival in France. Thats the European way of equality. Europe is not a sad place, but right now a very cold place.