US EditionDEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe
DEA supervisor Melitón Cordero was arrested amid an investigation into visa program abuses for confidential informants, prompting closure of the DEA office, officials said.
- On Thursday, U.S. Ambassador Leah F. Campos closed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration office in the Dominican Republic until further notice, citing internal investigation concerns.
- Melitén Cordero, DEA supervisor, was taken into custody in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security probe into alleged visa abuse, with no further arrest details available, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
- A 2019 Justice Department watchdog report found law enforcement lost track of as many as 1,000 sponsored foreign nationals, while the DEA, FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies sponsor hundreds annually.
- Dominican Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Álvarez said the closure stems from an internal U.S. embassy investigation and stressed long U.S.-Dominican cooperation on drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic.
- Amid limited public detail, the embassy emphasized accountability, and DHS and the DEA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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US shutters key DEA office in the Caribbean amid agent corruption scandal
A day after the US announced it took the unusual step of shuttering it’s Drug Enforcement Administration office in the Dominican Republic — a key site in the agency’s effort to combat drug trafficking in the Caribbean — a top agent there was charged with running a visa fraud scheme.
DEA Special Agent in Dominican Republic arrested in connection with probe into misuse of U.S. visa program
A supervisory special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in the Dominican Republic has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the misuse of a U.S. visa program intended for confidential informants.
San Juan., U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Leah F. Campos, announced yesterday the closure of the office of the Drug Control Administration (DEA) in the Caribbean country until further notice. She offered no details, except to point out that corruption has no place in any government. Hours later it was reported that a headquarters supervisor was arrested for the abuse of a U.S. visa program.
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DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe
A supervisor of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Dominican Republic has been taken into custody amid an investigation into abuse of a U.S. visa program for confidential informants, a current and former U.S. official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.
Melitón Cordero, a special supervisory agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the country, was arrested in Washington, D.C., and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and visa fraud, according to a complaint filed before the U.S. District Court, according to federal prosecutor Jeanine Ferris Pirro. This case led to the closure of the DEA office in the country, a decision by U.S. ambassador Leah Campos, who announced an i…
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