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SANTO DOMINGO.- The Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant prior to the extradition of two suspects accused of having contracted gunmen from the Dominican Republic to execute a New York District Attorney who investigated the case against ex Army captain Quirino Paulino.

Edwin Pimentel Tejada and Marcos Abad de la Cruz have been already arrested, whereas the police are after a third person allegedly part of the plot, whose last name is Perez y Perez,  who reportedly funded the planned hit on the New York Assistant DA, who hasn’t been identified.

The U.S. authorities accuse the group of conspiring to contract gunmen, and showed videos and conversations as proof of the plan.

Paulino was arrested in December, 2004, with 1,387 kilos of cocaine headed to New York, where the hood admitted having shipped more than 30,000 tons of narcotics to the U.S.

Most of the 22 people accused in New York, including Paulino, entered plea bargaining with the prosecution, result of which the ex military officer’s relatives were acquitted of money laundering charges.

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7 comment(s)
Written by: gmiller261, 28 May 2009 8:37 AM
From: United States
Oh Lord. How stupid can you get... Adios!

The US is NOT the DR. I hope they get the death sentence.
Written by: BASTA, 28 May 2009 9:19 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
The Bklyn DA office is the most corrupt in NYC!
Written by: jeb21, 28 May 2009 11:24 AM
From: United States
Basta - you are disgusting! you are the most corrupt. your'e a junkie - right!
Written by: MannyTav, 28 May 2009 11:53 AM
From: United States
Brooklyn may be corrupt, but it's nowhere near DR.....and the corruption in Brooklyn, to date, has been limited to the civil courts. But back to this story......man, they're going to be made examples of in this one....
Written by: Vivacuba, 29 May 2009 5:46 AM
From: Dominican Republic
The crooks know their guilty, that's why they gotta watch their backs all the time.
Written by: danny00, 29 May 2009 6:00 PM
From: United States
basta said the brooklyn da office is the most corrupt in new york city... GIVE ME A BREAK PLEASE... are you jokeing?.... THIS IN NOT SANTO DOMINGO OR PUERTO PLATA..... YOU MUST BE KIDDING.
yes years ago in the 50s or early 60s yes thier was some.... but today no. no, no,, if their is and they get caught they are going to JAIL FOR A VERY LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
this is not the dr. just because you have bullshit in the courts in the dr. that does not mean it happens all over in other countries
Written by: Vivacuba, 30 May 2009 6:39 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Sure, as a result of crooked plea bargain agreements offered to 50% of people who are innocent to begin with. Real fair judicial system there in the U.S.. The real crooks are the ones responsible for the judicial injustice in the place called "america".
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