The Judgment of Permanent Attention of Santo Domingo was knew this morning by sixth the request for coercion measure to nine accused of the Panther 7 case, involved in the stash of 9.8 tons of cocaine, confiscated in the Caucedo multimodal port.
Judge Keila Casado postponed for Thursday 6, at 11:00 in the morning, the hearing related to the accused Joel de Jesús, who had delivered last Thursday night.
The magistrate also granted a break of one hour because one of lawyers was sick. Subsequently married continued with the audience to the others incurred.
On this month, the MP requested 18 months of preventive detention for those arrested through the execution of the Panthera 7 operation, linked to the seizure of 9.8 tons of cocaine in the multimodal port Caucedo last December 2024. Prosecutors Actors also requested the complex case statement.
The coercion measure was requested against José Nicolás Castillo Hart (a) “Nikito”; Winston Armando Tejera Rodríguez (a) “Barbikin”; Cristian Rayner Canela Aybar; Nelson Neftalí Mercedes Lugo; Dulvi Jesús de los Santos; Enriquillo Luis Brito, Enrique José Luis Brito and Joel de Jesús, the latter delivered on Wednesday.
They are indicated as members of an international network of drug trafficking and laundering dismantled in a joint operation with the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and the United States Drug Control Administration (DEA) ).
In the actions against the criminal network, developed autonomously by the Dominican Republic, 89 prosecutors and 564 special forces agents participated, who made arrests and raids.
According to the request for coercion, during the raids more than 22 million in cash, in pesos and dollars were seized. In addition, 20 light vehicles, 10 heavy vehicles, 10 containers, three motorcycles, three pastors and five outboard engines; as well as firearms.
The representatives of the accusing body cataloged Operation Panthera 7 as one of the greatest operational offensive against organized crime carried out in the hemisphere.
The defendants of Panthera 7
The Public Ministry argues that the defendants violated articles 59, 60, 265, and 266 of the Dominican Criminal Code, which typifies “Association of Malchechores”, as well as articles 58, 59, 60, 75 and 85 of Law 50 -88, on narcotic drugs, which typify “drug trafficking and sponsorship.” The cargo of the 9.8 tons of cocaine was incinerated.
