The Joint task force (FTC) intervened This Thursday an alcoholic beverage vending business that was going to start operating in BaníPeravia province, after verifying that its advertising strategy used images of international drug lords, practice prohibited by the Law 50-88 on drugs and controlled substances of the Dominican Republic.
The establishment, called “Sinaloa Drink“He showed on his facade Promotional images of figures like Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and his children Ovid Guzmán and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar.
The business name also refers to Sinaloa postera powerful transnational criminal organization originally from the region of Sinaloa, Mexico, known for its domain in the drug traffic and others Illicit activities internationally.
The use of these references, according to the Public Ministryit constitutes one Direct violation to article 36 of the Law 50-88which prohibits any type of Advertising or propaganda that incite or favor the consumption and illicit traffic of controlled substances.
“Any type of publication, advertising, propaganda or programs through the media, containing subliminal, auditory, printed or audiovisual messages that tend to favor the consumption and illicit traffic of drugs and controlled substances“, refers to article 36 of the aforementioned regulations.
Business opening
In videos disseminated on social networks, one of the owners of the closed business claimed to have the corresponding permits To operate and defended that the images were of “novel actors”, not criminals.
However, after complaints received by different roads, the authorities proceeded to pave and close the place, Located on Genoveva Street, Santa Rosa sector, which had planned to start its operations this Saturday, September 6.
The Task Force valued the Civic behavior of the Banileja population to the denounce the situation.
Sanction the promotion of drug traffic
Lawyer Félix Porte recalled that Law 50-88 sanctions Not only to those who explicitly incite, but also to those who, through written, audiovisual, artistic or other nature, facilitate the promotion of the promotion of drug traffic.
In a message posted on his X account, he indicated that the sanctions contemplate Fines, prison and even the closure of establishments, depending on the gravity, repetition and damage caused.
The Joint Task Force (FTC) of the Dominican Republic is an inter -institutional mechanism that articulates the National Police, the Armed Forces and other State Security Organizations to prevent and counteract the crime.
