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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Canaán and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.

Luis René Canaán Rojas is a medic, marine and politician from the Dominican Republic. He is Senator for the province of Hermanas Mirabal and was elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2010 and 2016; and has served in the Dominican Navy.[2]

Canaán has a Doctorate of Medicine from the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology.[2]

Super Tucano corruption scandal

In August 2016, Senator Canaán was accused of taking 3 million dollars as a bribe from Brazilian entrepreneurs to influence in the bidding for purchase of military aircraft, favoring Embraer over its American competitors. The Dominican Congress passed in 2009 a 94 million-dollar deal for the purchase of 8 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano attack warplanes with a loan from the Brazilian bank BNDES.[3]

It was known for years that a Leonelist senator was implicated in the corruption scheme,[4] but it was in August 2016 when his name was finally revealed.[3]

Beside Senator Canaán, two high-rank military officers, Air Vice-marshal Pedro Rafael Peña, who was defense minister during the presidency of Leonel Fernández, and Colonel Carlos Ramón Piccini, were formally accused and arrested.[5] Senator Canaán, who enjoys parliamentary immunity, has not been indicted nor arrested.[6]

Judicial authorities informed that the inquest is part of an investigation led by the United States and Brazil.[7]

The United States Federal Reserve has been investigating Embraer since 2010 due to a possible violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.[8]

In 2011, it was revealed that almost 17 million dollars were diverted illegally.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Declaraciones Juradas 2010-2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). Senate of the Dominican Republic. 2010. Pages 82–85. Exchange rate for 24 August 2010: 36.99 per USD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Luis René Canaán, Senador de la República por la Provincia Salcedo, PLD" (in Spanish). Senate of the Dominican Republic. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b Peña, Loyda (12 August 2016). "Senador Luis René Canaán habría canalizado soborno en Congreso" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ^ "A Piccini y al senador anónimo les caben de 3 a 10 años de prisión por los Tucanos" (in Spanish). Acento. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. ^ Mejía Aquino, Juan Carlos (10 August 2016). "Se entrega el exministro de Defensa Rafael Peña Antonio, implicado en caso Súper Tucanos" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Senador Canaán "ilocalizable" para que responda acusación caso aviones Tucano" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Nuevo Diario. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  7. ^ Enecia Pérez, Hogla Betiza (24 August 2016). "Estados Unidos envió pruebas del caso Tucano a Brasil" (in Spanish). Diario Libre. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  8. ^ Rosario Adames, Fausto (20 February 2014). "El historial del oficial Piccini, que habría cobrado US$3.4 millones de peaje por los Tucanos" (in Spanish). Acento. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  9. ^ Olivo Peña, Gustavo (28 September 2011). "Transfieren irregularmente US$16.9 millones, de fondos de los Súper Tucanos" (in Spanish). Acento. Retrieved 15 August 2016.


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