Overview

• The joint operation involved the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Drug Agency, the US Drug Enforcement Administration, and the US Southern Command.
• Authorities conducted the arrests before dawn, fanning out across the Dominican Republic.
• The suspected leaders of the ring, Rafael Ynoa Santana and Isidoro Rotestan Clase, were among those arrested.
• The drug trafficking ring is accused of trafficking more than two tons of drugs seized in the Dominican Republic.
• The ring allegedly received drugs from South America, which were then shipped to the United States and Europe via the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.