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Local February 20, 2013 | 7:40 am

Beach land fraud scandal spreads to biggest resort region

Santo Domingo.- Many of the titleholders of Bahia de las Aguilas lands also obtained tracts in Bavaro, Punta Cana (west) through the same fraudulent procedure used by the head of Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) I the mid 1990s, ruling party senator Wilton Guerrero revealed yesterday, and called on society to prevent the government’s attempted "mess" from materializing.

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