The two men accused of leading an international drug trafficking network, linked to Colombian and Mexican criminal organizations, who were arrested during the Operation NK Buffalo, They supposedly relied on other people to move the shipments of drug and laundered drug money. He also had front men, according to Dominican authorities.
According to information provided to Free Newspaper, Rafael Ynoa Santana, known as “the Lame”, “Pocho” and “the Don”, He directed all operations related to drug trafficking. drug and coordinated matters relating to front men, while Isidro Rotestan Class was in charge of supervising the activities of money laundering.
The logistics coordinators of Ynoa Santana’s “team” allegedly included Roberto Acosta Adames, Antovany Acosta Nunez, Juan Bolivar Hernandez (alias Moreno), Severiano Nunez Pichardo (alias Alex), Jorge A. Santos Hilario (alias Fello), Jose Antonio Toribio and Henriquez Taveras.
Nine people appear as front men, some of them, apparently, relatives of “el Cojo”, such as Zoila Ynoa González, Quesia Natali Ynoa Román, Germania Natali Román, Jeffrey Rafael Ynoa Román, Kenia Apolonio Jiménez, Maritza Flete Santana, Cristian Alcántara Javier, Justo Inoa Santiago and José A. Taveras Amézquita.
The “collaterals” include Fermin Alfonso Quezada and Avelardo Jose Lopez Anciani, who is Venezuelan.
Money laundering equipment
In the team of money launderingEight people are involved in the crime, some of them apparently with family ties. Last Wednesday, the authorities raided the homes of six of those involved.
Those linked to the money laundering They were identified as: Cristino Rotestan Class, Geyser Castillo Mordan, Jomaiky Ureña Rotestan, Joelvis Montero Perez, Manuel Enrique Batista, Maritza Rotestan Class, Braulio Rotestan Class and Ramon Alberto Alvarez del Rosario.
Of the 28 people mentioned, only 20 were arrested. on Wednesday, September 18, during simultaneous operations that were carried out in the provinces of Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata, MarÃa Trinidad Sánchez, La Romana and Samaná.
This Saturday, at 9:00 in the morning, the Permanent Attention Office of the National District will hear the request for coercive measures against the accused. It is still unknown whether all those arrested during the Operation NK Buffalo will be brought to justice.
How did the network operate?
The members of the dismantled network were responsible for receiving large shipments of drugs from Venezuela and Colombia, which were then sent to the United States and Europe, according to the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
They claim that this network transported large shipments in speedboats and fishing boats. Once the drug entered Dominican and Puerto Rican territory, the members managed to triple their value, generating “exorbitant” illicit profits for the members of the alleged organization.
