Santo Domingo.\u2014 Carlos Vinicio Fern\u00e1ndez Valerio, former director of the Central Anti-Narcotics Directorate (DICAN), was granted parole after serving 10 years of a 20-year prison sentence related to the removal of 950 kilograms of cocaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fern\u00e1ndez Valerio had been held at Najayo prison in connection with the DICAN case, a judicial process stemming from an operation conducted in September 2014 at the Michel residential complex in the Isabelita II neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the charges filed by the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, 950 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the raid on September 27, 2014, but the drugs were later not reported to the corresponding authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities maintained during the proceedings that the seized shipment was not reported to the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) or sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fern\u00e1ndez Valerio, who held the rank of colonel and served as DICAN director, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violations of Law 50-88 on Drugs and Controlled Substances, as well as provisions of the Dominican Penal Code related to criminal conspiracy and the falsification of public documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the same proceeding, former Police Major Luciano G\u00f3mez Cabrera and former prosecutor M\u00e1ximo Antonio D\u00edaz Ogando were also sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Sergeant Pedro Jos\u00e9 Alm\u00e1nzar Gonz\u00e1lez was sentenced to 15 years, while F\u00e9lix Humberto Paulino L\u00f3pez, B\u00e1rbaro Torres Beltr\u00e1n, Agapito Mu\u00f1oz Evangelista and former prosecutor Ram\u00f3n Augusto Veras Castro received 10-year sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sentence against Fern\u00e1ndez Valerio was later upheld on appeal. After that decision, the former DICAN director publicly expressed his disagreement, describing the ruling as \u201can abuse, a lack of respect and an injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fern\u00e1ndez Valerio\u2019s parole comes after he served 10 of the 20 years imposed for his participation in the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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