The Judicial Office of Permanent Care of Santo Domingo This imposed 12 months of preventive detention against Ángel del Pino Cuya, citizen Peruvian accused of causing a false alarm bomb at the Las Américas International Airport (AILA) the past January 6.
The measure, requested by the Public Ministrymust be fulfilled in the Correction Center and Rehabilitation Las Parras after the investigation be declared complex.
He prosecutor Andrés Mena indicated that the Judge Karen Minyeti accepted the evidence presented as it was a bomb threat which turned out to be false and activated the security protocols air safety of national and international scope.
“The judge determined that there are sufficient elements that link the accused with the facts and that justify the imposition of the preventive detention“, indicated the representative of the Public Ministry.
Among the evidence presented is the cellular phone from which the call that generated the notice, evidence which was occupied and incorporated into the accusatory file.
The investigation remains open to establish the circumstances that surrounded the made.
After coming to the country to spend a vacation, Angel del Pino decided to stay in the country, and has already two years and a half residing in Dominican Republic.
- Besides worked in it airport environmentstated the fiscal.
Defense rejects measure
For his part, the lawyer Rafael Lalane, defense of Del Pino Cuya, qualified as disproportionate the court’s decision to impose a year of preventive detention and declare the complex case.
“Disproportionate betting on good justice and presumption of innocence. The investigation can continue without such an aggravating measure,” he said.
Legal qualification
He Public Ministry described the events as a violation of Law 188-11 on Airport and Civil Aviation Security and the Law 267-08 on Terrorism, which contemplate penalties of three to 40 years in prison, as it is conduct that affects critical infrastructure and national security.
According to the coercion request, the made occurred on January 6 of 2026, when the accused carried out a call to Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) alerting about the alleged presence of an explosive device on flight CM-299 of Copa Airlineswhich was already in the air with passengers and crew.
The warning forced the return of the aircraft, to a safety inspection and the diversion of other flights to different terminals in the country, causing the temporary interruption of the airport’s operations. AILA.
The accused was arrested the past January 22 in it Los Girasoles sectorof the National District, in coordination with the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI).
Later, the authorities confirmed that it was a false alarmalthough with a direct impact on airport operations and air transport safety.
