SANTO DOMINGO -. (AGENCIALAVOZ.ORG) Jorge Anibal Torres Puello, who represented a group of American missionaries in Haiti, was arrested in Santo Domingo, authorities said Friday.
Torres Puello, a Dominican-American, 32, is sought for extradition by the United States and El Salvador for his alleged involvement in smuggling.
The man, who was a fugitive since February, was arrested Thursday night by agents of the National Drug Control (DNCD) in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant a residential area of \u200b\u200bSanto Domingo, explained that institution.
DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron Torres Puello recalled that a court is required by Vermont, United States, to be judged by the illegal Central American immigrants.
In the U.S., Puello Torres "is an important part of a network of smugglers, especially women and children from Central America and the Caribbean," Lebron said.
addition, the government of El Salvador requested in extradition by the trafficking of women and girls from the Dominican Republic and Central America for prostitution in this Central American country.
Puello Torres's case came to light when he served as legal representative of a group of American Baptist missionaries, led by Laura Silsby, who was arrested Jan. 29 while trying to smuggle 33 children in Haiti.
When viewing photographs of the supposed lawyer, Salvadoran authorities identified him and asked the Interpol arrest.
The man's mother, Soledad Puello, told the AP on Thursday that she and an alleged defense committee Puello Torres had begun negotiations with the prosecution of El Salvador for "the delivery of my son and we ask for full protection physics. "
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