The members of the network dismantled this Wednesday through the Operation Buffalo NK They were responsible for receiving large shipments of drugs in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. After coordinating the logisticsthe drugs were sent to the United States and Europe.
According to the reports Dominican authoritiesThis network transported large shipments from South American countries such as Colombia and Venezuela to Puerto Rico, the United States and Europe via the Dominican Republic, using speedboats and fishing boats.
Once upon a time drug entered Dominican territory, the members managed to triple its value, generating “exorbitant” illicit profits for the members of the alleged organization.
Authorities indicate that several months ago an investigative process began around this criminal network, also dedicated to contract killing, compulsory collection and money laundering, identifying as one of its leaders the accused for drug trafficking Rafael Ynoa Santana (The Cojo, Pocho, El Don) and one of his partners, Isidoro Rotestan Class (El Men), both arrested during the operation.
This Wednesday they were carried out 33 raidsduring which More than ten people were arrestedincluding two alleged ringleaders of the organization. This network was also involved in contract killings, compulsory collection and money laundering..
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They allege that Ynoa has ties with the Colombian Juan Carlos Lopez Maciasalias “El Sobrino”, who was supposedly a leader of an organization of drug trafficking international criminal linked to criminal organizations operating in Colombia and Venezuela. He was arrested on June 27, 2022.
The National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) indicated that the operatives are active in some provinces of the country.
