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Local August 20, 2025 | 9:44 am

Dominican authorities arrest and deport one of Panama’s most wanted fugitives

Santo Domingo.- Special units of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and Immigration Inspectors (DGM), with support from the Panamanian Police, Interpol, and the DEA, arrested Eduardo Lionel Martínez Collins (aka Ameba), a Panamanian fugitive linked to a criminal organization involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.

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