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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian

DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe

Dominican Republic US Corruption - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A supervisor at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's office in the Dominican Republic has been arrested as part of an investigation into abuse of a U.S. visa program for confidential informants, a current and former U.S. official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The arrest comes as the Trump administration has abruptly shuttered the anti-narcotics office in the Caribbean nation over what it said was a “disgusting and disgraceful violation of public trust.”

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