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Lawyer for American missionaries arrested
Fugitive wanted in US on charges of smuggling
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A fugitive who had acted as the lawyer for American Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human trafficking charges, authorities said yesterday.
Jorge Puello, 32, was detained as he left a McDonald’s restaurant late Thursday in the capital, Santo Domingo, the National Drug Control Agency said.
Agency spokesman Roberto Lebron said he did not know whether Puello would be extradited to the United States, where he is wanted on smuggling charges, or El Salvador, where authorities say he led a prostitution ring.
His mother, Soledad, said earlier Thursday that she and others were negotiating with Salvadoran prosecutors for her son to turn himself in.
Puello initially served as the Americans’ legal adviser and spokesman, but authorities later identified him as the man wanted on an Interpol warrant requested by authorities in El Salvador.
Lawyer for US missionaries in Haiti arrested - The Boston Globe
the thing that is not said in media is that Jorge Puello (nee Yoram) was an orthodox joo!
FailedMessiah.com: Jorge Puello's Judaism