SANTO DOMINGO.- Sex, blood, drugs, riches and a barrage of conspiracies are the initial results uncovered so far by the investigation into the fugitive Jose David Figueroa Agosto’s drug trafficking operations in the Dominican Republic, since his escape from a federal prison in Puerto Rico, where he was serving a sentence  209 year sentence.

What most concerns the United States and local authorities are the indications that his ring still continues to traffic drugs from the Dominican territory.

Top level investigators have found that in the chase of Figueroa, which began in the downtown avenue Alma Mater, near the apartment where he and the also fugitive Sobeida Felix Morel lived, even a United States Marshall took part.

The U.S. embassy hasn’t officially revealed that version and much less that one of their agents was present in the shootout prior to Figueroa’s “fantastic escape.”

The money seized on September 9 in the parking lot of the condo tower Progressio seems to be the key to what in fact occurred that day and Figueroa’s and later Felix’s disappearances.

Linked cases

The investigation has also linked the murder case of Cesarina Vienesa Capellan (Bianca la Gorda), the 293 kilos of cocaine found September 16, the presence of one of the heads of the Cali Cartel, Luis Alberto Santacruz Echeverri in the country and numerous airdrops of drugs from South America.

In the case of the 293 kilos of drugs found in Villa Mella and Arroyo Hondo (linked to Figueroa) an arsenal of guns was found in a pickup truck four days later, including one whose barrel was matched to the bullets which killed Bianca la Gorda.

Tense relations

The relations between the National District Office of the Prosecutor and the National Police have turned tense from charges and countercharges on the alleged pilfering of some of the money seized in the cases of Felix and the Solano money exchange business.