The National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) reported this Thursday that, of the 12 packages found inside the boat where 14 were found bones in San Juan RiverMaría Trinidad Sánchez province, three tested positive for cocaine and the others contained wood.
According to the analysis carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) In Santiago, nine of the packages contained a piece of wood inside and the remaining three had cocaine.
The entity reported that it is carrying out the corresponding investigations to exchange information with the Senegalese authorities, in order to deepen the investigation into the arrival of the ship to the Dominican coast with the bones and the drug.
About the bones
The medical examiners concluded the autopsy process of the 14 victims on Wednesday. bones of Africans found on Tuesday, August 6, inside a boat to determine the cause of death, results for which will have to wait up to a month, depending on the case.
A source from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) confirmed to Free Newspaper that the results could take until, while others could be available earlier. The source indicated that none of the bones found belongs to children.
For her part, the regional director of Inacif, Fátima Frometa, indicated that to identify these bones DNA testing is required on the relatives of the deceased, which is complicated by their origin.
He explained that the identification process requires comparing the DNA of relatives with the genetic profiles of the deceased, who are currently believed to be from the African countries of Senegal and Mauritania, in northwest Africa.
