On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters in Washington that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), which has offices in the DR, should assist the FBI and local authorities in investigating the deaths.<\/p>\n
Given that we still have a whole lot of questions and very few answers into just what, if anything, is cause for the recent spate of sicknesses and several deaths of Americans in the Dominican Republic, the feds should double their efforts on helping get to the bottom of things,” said Schumer, as reported by AP<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe FBI has analyzed alcohol samples from minibars and assisted local authorities in conducting toxicology tests, the results of which are pending.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia reiterated his belief that the deaths were not suspicious at a press conference last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not true these deaths were mysterious. Science also exists here in the Dominican Republic,\u201d he said, as reported by AP<\/em>. \u201cWe have determined the cause of death of all the deaths that have happened here. There are no mysterious deaths here in the Dominican Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran Aussie rocker Rick Springfield has canceled a forthcoming concert at the Hard Rock Casino in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic as public anxiety grows over reports of mysterious deaths in the country. The Jessie\u2019s Girl singer said his \u201cRick Springfield & Friends\u201d fan getaway event, which was scheduled to happen at the Hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":108195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3313,33810,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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