Santo Domingo – Fabio Augusto Jorge-Puras, a former advisor to the Executive Branch in the Dominican Republic, has been dismissed by President Luis Abinader following his indictment by U.S. authorities on charges of international drug trafficking. The dismissal was formalized through Decree 273-25 in May, which revoked his 2020 appointment. Jorge-Puras, who also holds a financial executive position with the Águilas Cibaeñas baseball team, is accused alongside Gaspar Antonio Polanco-Virella, alias ‘El Grande,’ of involvement in a cocaine trafficking network spanning the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and other countries between 2019 and December 2020. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the duo conspired to distribute and export cocaine to the United States. This case is part of a wider crackdown on transnational drug cartels, with potential extradition requests from the Dominican Republic being considered to bolster judicial cooperation.
U.S. accuses former presidential advisor Fabio Jorge of international drug trafficking
