Jun.22, 2010, 1:40 PM

Santo Domingo.- The Presidency’s Advisor on drugs said Tuesday that the case of the Legal Adviser of the Government’s Money Laundering Committee may be related to officials, which he didn’t mention, who allegedly resisted the use of software from the United States, designed to detect the illicit activity.

Marino Vinicio Castillo referred to Sonya Erudice Uribe Moya, who “discretely” resigned her post after a report by investigative journalist Nuria Piera, which links her to Mary Pelaez, charged with laundering money for Puerto Rican fugitive José Figueroa Agosto.

“There was resistance to the installation of the software proposed by the United States. Who didn’t want it, it is very advanced, Is it because of money laundering? Maybe that’s where the answer may lie regarding the behavior of that woman (Uribe),” the official said to reporters in the National Palace.

On Monday Justice minister Radhamés Jiménez said Uribe Moya was excluded from the case of the Puerto Rican fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto for “lack of evidence” and was dismissed from the post on an issue of ethics.