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Local August 8, 2025 | 9:19 am

Former U.S. Embassy worker in Dominican Republic extradited on drug trafficking charges

Santo Domingo.- A former employee of the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic has been extradited to the United States on charges of leading a transnational cocaine smuggling ring.

Federal prosecutors allege that Jairo Eliezer Arias Cáceres, 35, used his position to move cocaine concealed in Marlboro ciga... Read more

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