Bugurl747
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Authorities are eyeing bootleg liquor from hotel minibars as the potential killer, sources have told The Post.
Dominican Republic - American tourists found dead in resorts, same cause of death, 2018/2019
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Authorities are eyeing bootleg liquor from hotel minibars as the potential killer, sources have told The Post.
That's where I'm leaning also. The only one that doesn't fit for me is the lady who got chemical burns in her mouth from 7 up. I can't see the motivation to bootleg 7up.
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At least 37 states have some sort of exception in their drinking laws that allow underage people to drink at home and within the company of family members.
Teenagers can legally drink in the U.S.
45 States That Allow Underage (under 21) Alcohol Consumption - Minimum Legal Drinking Age - ProCon.org
The mysterious deaths in the Dominican Republic reportedly may be linked to illicit alcohol, and it wouldn’t be the first time
DON'T MISS: 11 suspicious cases of tourists getting sick, assaulted, and dying in the Dominican Republic in the last year
SEE ALSO: The Dominican Republic is turning to 'crisis management' specialists in the aftermath of several tourist deaths and controversies on the island
- "The Dominican Republic has experienced a widely publicized spate of unexplained tourist deaths, and authorities are reportedly looking at bootleg alcohol as a potential culprit.
- A number of citizens of the Dominican Republic and Haiti reportedly died after drinking a local bootleg alcohol called cléren in 2017.
- But the problem isn't local to the Dominican Republic. Mass poisonings due to unregulated alcohol are unfortunately a deadly global phenomenon."
DON'T MISS: 11 suspicious cases of tourists getting sick, assaulted, and dying in the Dominican Republic in the last year
SEE ALSO: The Dominican Republic is turning to 'crisis management' specialists in the aftermath of several tourist deaths and controversies on the island
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Watering down alcohol maybe, but I don't see how it would save them money to get liquor illegally. It sounds like it would be a hassell and you would have to find bootleggers that would make a variety of liquors. If it happens at a hotel or bar that is well known in other countries saving a few dollars on booze wouldn't be worth the bad publicity and lawsuits. Is counterfeit liquor a big market? Could it be bought unknowingly?
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Knoxville man's mother dies while celebrating birthday in Dominican Republic
June 15, 2019
"KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Another American died while visiting the Dominican Republic earlier this week, according to her family.
William Cox said that his mother, Leyla Cox, was celebrating her 53rd birthday in the Caribbean country when he found out she died of natural causes--most likely a heart attack.
Cox said his mother was staying at the Excellence Resort in Punta Cana. It was her third time traveling to the country and staying at the resort.
According to a spokesperson with the U.S. State Department, Leyla Cox died on June 10, which was the day after her birthday.
Cox said he doesn't believe his mother died of heart failure. She was healthy and walked nearly 10 miles every day. She was living in Staten Island and had no car.
He believes the country is trying to cover up how his mother died."
June 15, 2019
"KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Another American died while visiting the Dominican Republic earlier this week, according to her family.
William Cox said that his mother, Leyla Cox, was celebrating her 53rd birthday in the Caribbean country when he found out she died of natural causes--most likely a heart attack.
Cox said his mother was staying at the Excellence Resort in Punta Cana. It was her third time traveling to the country and staying at the resort.
According to a spokesperson with the U.S. State Department, Leyla Cox died on June 10, which was the day after her birthday.
Cox said he doesn't believe his mother died of heart failure. She was healthy and walked nearly 10 miles every day. She was living in Staten Island and had no car.
He believes the country is trying to cover up how his mother died."
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Is it a large scale thing? I get people making there own moonshine or whatever for personal consumption but if alcohol is legal a bootlegging network doesn't seem practical jmo. It would have to be coming from a large professionally run operation. If the counterfeit booze was delayed or seized and hotels didn't get their shipment that would be bad for business.
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I'm starting to wonder if this might be a virus or a super strain that could spread or could mutate into something more contagious. Hopefully not. There isn't a bad batch of liquor out there, right? I don't mean home distilled I mean could a company make a mistake and accidently poison people. Or is their something in the water, or air that is poisoning people. Have residents there been getting sick?
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The DR hardrock is owned by this group. Does anyone know if the sovereignty of the tribes ownership will affect what the FBI can investigate?
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Punta Cana Owner
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Punta Cana is owned by Palace Resorts and Southwest Casino Corporation. The following ownership information is a subset of that available in the Gaming Business Directory published by Casino City Press. For more information about Gaming Business Directory products visit www.CasinoCityPress.com.
Palace Resorts (Owner)
8725 North West 18th Terrace
Suite 301
Miami, Florida 33172
United States
Contact Info
General Information - (800) 635-1836
info@palaceresorts.com
www.palaceresorts.com
Southwest Casino Corporation (Manager)
2001 Killebrew Drive
Suite 350
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425-1886
United States
Contact Info
info@swcc.com
An article around the opening claiming a “partnership” with Hard Rock International.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana Celebrates Grand Opening of its First All-Inclusive Property in Caribbean
Did you miss the whole Mexico tainted alcohol fiasco? It’s a BIG thing!
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I know I read about it. People died from that alcohol. Why they would do that and hurt their tourism which gives them billions is beyond me. It was at two popular resorts.
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What tribe? What am I missing - I'm not seeing anything about a tribe owning Hard Rock. What is the tribe name? Tia!
Pretty sure sovereignty of the tribes only applies to within the US border. But i’m Also confused with what an American Indian tribe has to do with the Hard Rock Hotel on the DR
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The Seminole tribe.
Hard Rock expands casinos and hotels overseas
“(US).- Three years after buying the Hard Rock brand for nearly us$ 1 billion, Florida's Seminole tribe is aggressively expanding Hard Rock hotels and casinos internationally, from the Caribbean to eastern Europe.”
“Funding for the projects comes instead from developers. In the Dominican Republic, it's a Mexican group, Palace Resorts, that is building the megaresort at Punta Cana, a venture even bigger than the iconic 1,500-room Hard Rock complex in Las Vegas.”
Thanks for clarifying. That is interesting and I have no idea but I would think the Seminole tribe would be under DR laws in the DR?
http://www.ncsl.org/research/state-tribal-institute/an-issue-of-sovereignty.aspx
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Yea, I’m honestly not clear on it all as far as ownership.
Sounds like palace resorts (a Mexican company) is developer/money - possibly they buy rights to use hard rock brand? Or hard rock is partner? Definitely hard rock international is owned by the Seminole tribe.
A Mexican company being involved is very curious to me for similarities with tainted alcohol.
Sounds like palace resorts (a Mexican company) is developer/money - possibly they buy rights to use hard rock brand? Or hard rock is partner? Definitely hard rock international is owned by the Seminole tribe.
A Mexican company being involved is very curious to me for similarities with tainted alcohol.
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I fell into a rabbit hole of sorts.
So, palace resorts founder is Roberto Chapur. He recently sold his Key Biscayne home (explains the Miami address, but Mexican company)
https://www.bizjournals.com/southfl...-businessman-sells-waterfront-mansion-in.html
Interestingly, his son is COO for Hard Rock All inclusives.
Rafael Chapur: COO of Hard Rock’s All Inclusive Collection
So, palace resorts founder is Roberto Chapur. He recently sold his Key Biscayne home (explains the Miami address, but Mexican company)
https://www.bizjournals.com/southfl...-businessman-sells-waterfront-mansion-in.html
Interestingly, his son is COO for Hard Rock All inclusives.
Rafael Chapur: COO of Hard Rock’s All Inclusive Collection
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I know, I'm referring to the son trying to get his mother back without being embalmed or cremated.
Can the FBI not step in to prevent her from being embalmed, as that would destroy evidence (meaning toxicology results)? That's what I'm talking about.
Get good pest control people.
Although there are certainly more and more of these deaths and near-deaths being reported, I am struck at how random they seem to be.
There is a photo from the NYPost of a hotel mini-bar from one of the two major hotels implicated. I seem to recall it was from Hard Rock Resort, but that subscript has been altered in the article
https://thenypost.files.wordpress.c...5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1
There are 4 large bottles of alcoholic spirits. The original photo had labels, but now I see they are obscured ! They all appeared to be label brands. ( The left was Russian Kestrel Vodka, and I think the one on the right was Gin. I might be able to find the original photos and will update if I do). So a guest can pour a shot of any of them and as much as they want, shot by shot.
So would all 4 bottles be contaminated? Or would it be one type? If so, which did they drink? I believe one of the women who died had taken a single shot of Vodka.
And assuming that 50% of guests who stay in that room have at least one beverage during their stay, why aren't more people being reported as ill?
Hmm. Hope the CDC is bringing an epidemiologist to straighten this all out.
There is a photo from the NYPost of a hotel mini-bar from one of the two major hotels implicated. I seem to recall it was from Hard Rock Resort, but that subscript has been altered in the article
https://thenypost.files.wordpress.c...5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1
There are 4 large bottles of alcoholic spirits. The original photo had labels, but now I see they are obscured ! They all appeared to be label brands. ( The left was Russian Kestrel Vodka, and I think the one on the right was Gin. I might be able to find the original photos and will update if I do). So a guest can pour a shot of any of them and as much as they want, shot by shot.
So would all 4 bottles be contaminated? Or would it be one type? If so, which did they drink? I believe one of the women who died had taken a single shot of Vodka.
And assuming that 50% of guests who stay in that room have at least one beverage during their stay, why aren't more people being reported as ill?
Hmm. Hope the CDC is bringing an epidemiologist to straighten this all out.
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