Criminals who deceived young people in Bogotá with supposed job offers have been arrested: they threatened them with death to force their families to pay.

The Dominican National Police, acting through the Interpol Santo Domingo Area Directorate and the DICRIM sub-direction of San Pedro de Macorís, arrested two Dominican citizens consisting of a father and son. The arrests were executed because the two men are wanted by judicial authorities in Italy on allegations of suspected drug trafficking.