US Embassy bomb threat

The Embassy of the United States in Santo Domingo confirmed yesterday, in a brief statement, having received a bomb threat via telephone, prompting the activation of investigative agencies and of State security, who seized several areas of that diplomatic mission and consulate.

"As it is routine in such cases, the Dominican national police was notified and immediately increased patrols around the Embassy and the Consulate as a precautionary measure," said the statement from the Embassy, which highlights the support received by the institution police.

Previously, the spokesman for the police, Colonel maximum Báez Aybar, confirmed via his twitter account that was received a bomb at the Consulate scare American.

In time in which the institution of enforcement stated that everything was "calm in the American Consulate" and the activities carried out u000anormally, the specialized personnel of the police cleared the building in which, at the same time services were provided with normality.

At the same time the Embassy and the Consulate were requisitioned in the afternoon of yesterday when, after receiving the call that alerted the placing of a bomb, several units of the security agencies seized both venues.

Past 2: 40 p.m., a canine unit of the national police entered the interior of the Consulate, located in the advocacy of the avenida Máximo Gómez with César Nicolás Penson.

With dogs trained, police made revisions to the interior and exterior of the place where daily attend dozens of Dominicans seeking visas and residencies American.

Despite the operation, people attending consular arrangements falling in and out without difficulties.

A police officer approached journalists of LISTÍN DIARIO u000aasking them withdraw from the sidewalk of the front, where it was located, claiming there was a situation within the Consulate and that he had instructions not to let them they stop at that site.

when the journalist asked explanations not provided extensive details, but said that the consular compound had several investigative units although no specific reason.

Traffic was normal in Máximo Gómez and César Nicolás Penson avenues, and on the outside not displayed any kind of tension, contrary to what he observed moments before in the vicinity of the Embassy, where there were units motorizas and vans of police with the so-called Swat Team agents belonging to the Special Operations Department.

The operation was led by the generals Juan Jerónimo Braun Pérez, director of the safe neighborhood program and Neivis Luis Pérez Sánchez, director Central of the u000aPolice national.

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