One day after a DEA commission arrived in the Dominican Republic to meet with the head of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Puerto Rico reported that it is going to offer a deal to the alleged drug trafficker. Cesar Emilio Peralta (the Abuser) to plead guilty to international drug trafficking.
Although it was not revealed what the agreement that the Prosecutor’s Office will do or the benefits that Peralta would receive if he accepted it, the newspaper The New Puerto Rican Day reports that the federal prosecutor of Puerto Rico, Stephen Muldrow, said that the offer will be proportional to the magnitude of the case.
Free Journal He contacted the renowned lawyer Joaquín Pérez, who defends Peralta. He assured that they are now focused on receiving, before May 27, all the evidence that the Prosecutor’s Office has collected in the case, as ruled by the Court.
It also revealed that the Court set a hearing for July 1 so that the parties reveal if they have reached an agreement and offer a resolution of the case.
“The pairs are going to try to see if they can reach an agreement and offer the Court some resolution of the case. The case was set for the first of July at nine thirty in the morning”referring to what was ruled by the court.
When asked if the lawyer would be in the mood to accept a deal, he replied as follows: “Anything is possible right now and there is still evidence to see and discuss with César. I can not tell you”.
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Cesar Emilio Peraltabetter known as Caesar”the abuser” is designated by the United States Department of State as the head of an international drug trafficking and money laundering network that received millions of dollars from this crime.
His network allegedly tried to launder drug money through front companies that include luxury nightclubs, properties, and vehicles in the Dominican Republic.
He allegedly used drug money to bribe National Police officers to avoid arrest, prosecution, and search of his properties.
In August 2019, the Dominican authorities dismantled his alleged money laundering and drug trafficking network during an extensive operation. However, the alleged narco managed to escape. He was arrested on December 2, 2019 in the city of Cartagena, in Colombia.
He was detained in Colombia until he was extradited to Puerto Rico in December 2021, to answer for various charges brought against him by the US government.
The federal authorities of Puerto Rico classify César Emilio Peralta as one of the highest caliber drug traffickers in the Caribbean. In 2017 they registered it as a Consolidated Priority Organizational Target, the only “narco” that carries that classification in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. They came to compare César el Abusador with the drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera (El Chapo). When his extradition to Puerto Rico took place, the authorities estimated that “throughout his illicit activities, César Emilo Peralta trafficked, every year, approximately 25,000 kilos of cocaine, in addition to other substances, and they took him to other activities such as money laundering” and the trafficking of Colombian women.
