{"id":478251,"date":"2025-08-12T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/leaders-of-operation-discovery-3-0-questioned-in-santiago\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:44:37","slug":"leaders-of-operation-discovery-3-0-questioned-in-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/justice\/leaders-of-operation-discovery-3-0-questioned-in-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders of Operation Discovery 3.0 questioned in Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santiago.<\/strong> \u2013 Under strict security measures, several of those detained in <strong>Operation Discovery 3.0<\/strong> were interrogated this Tuesday at the headquarters of the Santiago Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, amid a deployment that has had repercussions in three provinces of the country and several states of the United States.\n\nThe operation included <strong>34 simultaneous raids<\/strong> with the participation of 50 prosecutors and 375 National Police agents. The actions took place in <strong>Santiago, Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo<\/strong>, in coordination with the <strong>Special Division of Investigation of International Organized Crime (Deicroi)<\/strong> and with the support of the <strong>FBI<\/strong>.\n\nIn parallel, the Federal Bureau of Investigation carried out operations in <strong>California, New York, Florida, Maryland, and Missouri<\/strong>, reinforcing the international dimension of the case.\n\nAmong those arrested are <strong>\u00d3scar Manuel Casta\u00f1os Garc\u00eda, Edward Jos\u00e9 Puello Garc\u00eda, Joel de la Cruz<\/strong> and <strong>Gerardo Heriberto N\u00fa\u00f1ez N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>, who are wanted for extradition by the United States. The raids, carried out during the early hours of the morning, surprised those involved in their residences.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/operacion-discovery-3-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Public Ministry launches Operation Discovery 3.0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nDuring the operations, luxury vehicles, cash, jewelry, weapons, and liquid marijuana were seized.\n\nThe Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has a legal deadline of 48 hours to request coercive measures, so it is expected that in the coming hours formal charges will be filed against the detainees, identified as members of an alleged international cybercrime and fraud network.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago. \u2013 Under strict security measures, several of those detained in Operation Discovery 3.0 were interrogated this Tuesday at the headquarters of the Santiago Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, amid a deployment that has had repercussions in three provinces of the country and several states of the United States. 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