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By Stephen Thorne

Former catholic priest, John Duarte, arrested last October in the Dominican Republic for sexually abusing Haitian boys

OTTAWA — Smugglers have been spiriting Haitian quake orphans out of the country to become sex slaves in the Dominican Republic, authorities say.

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Dominican President Fernandez Leonel speaking at the 3rd Dominican-Haitian Global Forum

Santo Domingo – President Leonel Fernandez yesterday called for a strategic plan with concrete actions to rebuild Haiti after the quake which leveled its capital, since in his view

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By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ (AP)

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children after the devastating earthquake will face a hearing this month on a U.S. extradition request, an official said Monday.

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By Mike Levine

Mugshot of Jorge Puello
The self-proclaimed “lawyer” for 10 Americans arrested in Haiti has been arrested himself in the Dominican Republic, and he is expected to come to the United States to face justice, Fox News has learned exclusively.

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Caribbean and Latin American leaders have agreed to create a new regional bloc that excludes the US and Canada.

Cuban President Castro with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez

Wrapping up a two-day summit of 32 leaders in Cancun on Tuesday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared that the new bloc “must as a priority push for regional integration and globally project a Latin American and Caribbean identity.”

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El Salvador alleges involvement in human smuggling and prostitution ring

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The former legal adviser to a group of American missionaries jailed in Haiti on child kidnapping charges is now the focus of a manhunt in the Dominican Republic.

Dominican police and U.S. agents are seeking to detain Jorge Puello, who acknowledged Monday that he is wanted in El Salvador for alleged involvement in a human smuggling ring in the Central American country.

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) – An official says the Dominican man giving legal advice to 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child-kidnapping charges has no license to practice law in his home country.

Jorge Puello operates a consulting and law practice in Santo Domingo. He has been spokesman for the American Baptists charged with child kidnapping after they tried to take 33 children out of the country without authorization.

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Angelina Jolie stands with doctors and nurses at Dario Contreras Trauma Center in Santo Domingo where the actress visited earthquake victims from neighboring country, Haiti.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has met with hospitalized Haitian earthquake victims in the Dominican Republic.

Dario Manon is a spokesman for the Dario Contrera Hospital in the capital of Santo Domingo, where dozens of survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake in neighboring Haiti are receiving medical help.

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