{"id":499266,"date":"2026-02-03T19:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/public-ministry-requests-preventive-detention-against-peruvian-for-false-bomb-threat-at-the-aila\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:07:30","slug":"public-ministry-requests-preventive-detention-against-peruvian-for-false-bomb-threat-at-the-aila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/justice\/public-ministry-requests-preventive-detention-against-peruvian-for-false-bomb-threat-at-the-aila\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Ministry requests preventive detention against Peruvian for false bomb threat at the AILA"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>SANTO DOMINGO<\/strong> \u2013 The Public Ministry filed formal charges of <strong>terrorism<\/strong> against Peruvian citizen <strong>\u00c1ngel del Pino Cuya<\/strong> (also known as Ricardo Casas), responsible for a false bomb threat that paralyzed the Las Am\u00e9ricas International Airport (AILA) on January 6th. The prosecuting body has requested the declaration of <strong>complexity of the process<\/strong> and the imposition of <strong>preventive detention<\/strong> due to the severity of the impact on national security.\n\nAccording to the record, Del Pino Cuya made a phone call alerting about an alleged explosive device on board <strong>Copa Airlines flight CM299<\/strong>, which was already en route to Panama. During the communication, the accused used various contradictory versions, first identifying himself as the manager of a restaurant and claiming that the alert came from a family member, then attributing it to a friend and assuring that he himself came from France.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/It was a false bomb threat situation that caused paralysis at the AILA\">http:\/\/It was a false bomb threat situation that caused paralysis at the AILA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThis deliberate action caused the <strong>forced return of the aircraft<\/strong>, the evacuation of passengers, and the suspension of air operations for approximately three hours. The logistical chaos forced the diversion of multiple flights to the terminals of Punta Cana and Santiago.\n\nDespite the inspections by Cesac, the DNI, and other security agencies confirming the <strong>absence of explosives<\/strong>, the Public Ministry maintains that the conduct constitutes an act of terrorism. The argument is based on the fact that the action sought to generate collective panic and affect an essential strategic service.\n\n\n<p><strong>Authorities have compelling evidence including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Certified call transcripts and phone records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intelligence reports directly linking the accused.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evidence that the defendant attempted to cover his tracks by changing the phone's chip after the call.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Consequences and Legal Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe incident not only generated significant economic losses and a massive deployment of resources, but also caused <strong>19 passengers to refuse to resume the flight<\/strong> out of fear.\n\nDel Pino Cuya is currently held in preventive detention at <strong>San Luis<\/strong> prison. He is charged with violations of <strong>Law 188-11 on Airport Security<\/strong> and <strong>Law 267-08 on Terrorism<\/strong>. The hearing for the knowledge of the coercive measure is scheduled for this Thursday, <strong>February 5<\/strong>, at the Palace of Justice of Santo Domingo Este.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO \u2013 The Public Ministry filed formal charges of terrorism against Peruvian citizen \u00c1ngel del Pino Cuya (also known as Ricardo Casas), responsible for a false bomb threat that paralyzed the Las Am\u00e9ricas International Airport (AILA) on January 6th. The prosecuting body has requested the declaration of complexity of the process and the imposition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36952],"tags":[16482,40265],"class_list":{"0":"post-499266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-justice","7":"tag-aila","8":"tag-public-ministry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Justice"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}