Women held and dies....

mojoman · #1 05-17-2005, 04:27 PM

FROM DR1 HEADLINES MAY 17, 2005
9. Airport jail closed
The Minister of Armed Forces Sigfrido Pared Perez announced the closing of the jail premises at the Las Americas International Airport after 35-year old Elisa Maria Payano died (reportedly from lung arrest) following being irregularly detained there for document checking. The investigation showed that her papers to travel to Spain were legitimate. She had been living since she was 18 years old in Holland. She was a language professor in Holland, had a Dutch passport and three of her five children resided with her in Holland. Que se Dice column in Hoy points out that regardless, she was treated as a criminal only because a Migration inspector suspected that her travel papers were false. She was not allowed to board her flight, and instead was kept in an inadequately ventilated room in the basement of the airport. The newspaper says that to say the least, the Migration authorities that handled the detention incurred in "criminal negligence."
The family complains that while their mother died on Friday, they were not given this information until two days latter. Her 19-year old son Jose Manuel Daniel denounced that they found out about the death reading the news. "For lack of documentation, no one can be kept in jail. Something ugly happened there," he told Diario Libre. She was buried in San Pedro de Macoris. An autopsy will be performed.

nice.

xamaicano · #2 05-17-2005, 04:51 PM

I don't understand this at all, if the documents were false then I am sure the Dutch government would be more adept in catching this and she would not be allowed into Holland,the airline would be fined and she would be returned to the DR. Why detain the poor woman?

juanita · #3 05-17-2005, 04:51 PM

And now they are saying that she had drugs in her stomach....mmmm....strange turns of events! Somehow I find it hard to believe and the sad thing is, this story will probably end here because the family won’t have the founds to take it to court….Sad, very sad!

http://69.59.165.79/(pnb3gbu0i0fxgy45birnoyjt)/app/article.aspx?id=3

Tamborista · #4 05-17-2005, 04:58 PM

She apparantly swallowed a stolen moto concho that had been used in the smuggling!

rellosk · #5 05-17-2005, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by juanita

And now they are saying that she had drugs in her stomach....mmmm....strange turns of events! Somehow I find it hard to believe and the sad thing is, this story will probably end here because the family won’t have the founds to take it to court….Sad, very sad!

http://69.59.165.79/(pnb3gbu0i0fxgy45birnoyjt)/app/article.aspx?id=3

The link didn't work. This one should.

http://69.59.165.79/app/article.aspx?id=30901

BTW, why do you think it's a coverup? I imagine it doesn't take much to find out the truth, assuming the family has possesion of the body.

ricktoronto · #6 05-17-2005, 05:24 PM

40 bags of cocaine would do it if one burst that is for sure.

juanita · #7 05-17-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rellosk

BTW, why do you think it's a coverup? I imagine it doesn't take much to find out the truth, assuming the family has possesion of the body.

I just find it strange that at first they were talking about pulmonary problems (edema pulmonary) and now this. If it was drugs they found, wouldn’t they keep the body a bit longer for evidence before giving it back to the family? I don’t know, there’s just a funny smell to this story!

mkohn · #8 05-17-2005, 05:51 PM

The original post said they had buried her already.
Remember the other post where the man said they accused him of having a false stamp in his passport? When all was done, they even asked him for a little money.
We know how desperate some people can be to get money, but they should eliminate this trend immediately before it damages the tourist trade.
It's unfortunate that someone had to die.
mkohn

sweetdbt · #9 05-17-2005, 08:50 PM

"inadequate ventilation" unless there are other factors such as the presence of carbon monoxide or toxic fumes. Swallowing dozens of condoms full of uncut cocaine on the other hand, is something which is very frequently fatal. If you are going to talk about someone being desperate for money, being a "mule" is about as desperate (and stupid) as you can get. Actually, the OP appears to contradict itself, saying she was buried in San Pedro and an autopsy will be performed. Probably a confusion with tense in the translation.

Could it be that the airport authorities were actually on the right track and were holding her on the pretext of irregularities in her papers because they suspected the truth? Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then.

MommC · #10 05-17-2005, 10:02 PM

with a Dutch passport and a 20 yr. visa for Europe who is gainfully employed would resort to being a drug mule.....anything is possible.
If the x-ray in the news article is truly of her then I'm from Missouri (where seeing is believing!).

How sad for her 5 children!