Assets of Quirino and Figueroa Agoso to be auctioned
The terms of the auction will be revealed in the coming days
SANTO DOMINGO. Assets seized and forfeited from drug traffickers, such as Jose David Figueroa Agosto and Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo, valued at more than RD$200 million, will be sold at public auction to be held next 13 December, announced Fidias Aristy yesterday. Aristy is the chairman of the National Drug Council (CND).
"All of the assets went through a process of evaluation by the National Cadastre Directorate," he specified at the same time that he pointed out that starting next week they will release the terms and the assets of the auction.
Aristy likewise argued for finding a formula so that the assets from drug traffickers who have been convicted outside of the country are seized and forfeited in Dominican territory.
"In legal terms, if they were convicted overseas for this same crime, we are prohibited from doing the same thing in the Dominican Republic under the current judicial conditions," he said after criticizing that this situation favors the local drug traffickers being judged in international courts.
The seizures
In accordance with the authorities, the assets seized in the Dominican Republic from the Puerto Rican capo Figueroa Agosto are valued at more than RD$500 million. Among these seized assets are three cars (Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedez Benz), six SUV's, and a Ford Ranger pickup, as well as watches, several houses and apartments.
He is in jail in Puerto Rico and convicted of charges of murder, possession of illegal weapons and drug trafficking.
At the same time, Quirino, who was a captain in the Army, had assets equal to the amount of US$14.5 million (RD$613 million at the current exchange rate). Among these are 23 movable and unmovable assets.
He is cited as being the boss of a drug trafficking organization responsible for the shipment of tons of cocaine to the United States. He was arrested on 18 December 2004.
"All of the assets went through a process of evaluation by the National Cadastre Directorate," he specified at the same time that he pointed out that starting next week they will release the terms and the assets of the auction.
Aristy likewise argued for finding a formula so that the assets from drug traffickers who have been convicted outside of the country are seized and forfeited in Dominican territory.
"In legal terms, if they were convicted overseas for this same crime, we are prohibited from doing the same thing in the Dominican Republic under the current judicial conditions," he said after criticizing that this situation favors the local drug traffickers being judged in international courts.
The seizures
In accordance with the authorities, the assets seized in the Dominican Republic from the Puerto Rican capo Figueroa Agosto are valued at more than RD$500 million. Among these seized assets are three cars (Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedez Benz), six SUV's, and a Ford Ranger pickup, as well as watches, several houses and apartments.
He is in jail in Puerto Rico and convicted of charges of murder, possession of illegal weapons and drug trafficking.
At the same time, Quirino, who was a captain in the Army, had assets equal to the amount of US$14.5 million (RD$613 million at the current exchange rate). Among these are 23 movable and unmovable assets.
He is cited as being the boss of a drug trafficking organization responsible for the shipment of tons of cocaine to the United States. He was arrested on 18 December 2004.
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