I apologize for not including any information but, I was so flustered by the whole thing that I wasn't really thinking straight. Thank you for being willing to help me Mariano. My friend finally called today. He got in touch with his "blood brother" & the man was able to find him and get him out. They kept him in jail because they thought that he looked like someone they were trying to catch. But a check of the records didn't turn up anything for my friend. He was beaten up a bit but, otherwise he is fine. He is going back to Puerto Plata today because he didn't want to risk anything like that happening again. Again, I appreciate your willingness to help. That says more for the people living in SD than it does for the officials in the consulates in Canada.