Homeland Security taking to the sky in drug smuggling fight
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL As soon as the aging P-3 surveillance plane rumbles off the island runway, a crew of three agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins hunting…
Dominican Republic
Vatican says ex-envoy, charged with sexual abuse, has died
By NICOLE WINFIELD The Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, the highest-ranking Holy See official to ever be charged with sexually abusing young boys, was found dead Friday as…
Puerto Rico braces for Erika after 4 killed in Dominica
By DANICA COTO and CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE Tropical Storm Erika lashed Puerto Rico early Friday with heavy rains and wind after killing four people and causing devastating floods in the…
US archbishop quits after archdiocese charged with cover-up
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis has started making good on his promise to not let even the most senior churchmen get away with sex abuse or cover-up. On Monday, he…
Pope Francis says truth must prevail in Dominican sex case
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis assured Dominican authorities on Wednesday that the truth must prevail in the case of his former ambassador to the Caribbean country who is accused of…
Deportations to Haiti continue after killings
Marie Matte Mayan 26, sleeps on the floor with her twins, Maudeline and Maudena Pierre an a shelter after being deported by Dominican Republic authorities, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Sunday Nov.…
DOMINICAN CARDINAL: VATICAN WILL PROBE EX-ENVOY
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ This March 15, 2013 photo shows Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic will…
DOMINICANS PROBE CLAIM WEBSITE PAID FOR SEX LIES
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Dominican prosecutor said Friday that a local attorney told him someone claiming to work for the conservative website The…