Man advising baptist missionaries suspect in sex-trafficking ring

http://open.salon.com//blog/akopsa/2010/02/15/man_advising_missionaries_suspect_in_sex-trafficking_ring

Jorge Puello, a man providing legal advice to the detained Idaho missionaries in Haiti, is a confirmed fugitive. Mr. Puello is the key suspect in a child prostitution ring in El Salvador.

Puello's mother and stepfather confirmed their son is the man wanted by Salvadoran police in a Saturday interview with the Miami Herald.

This does a couple of things:

* Delays the release of the 10 American missionaries
* Raises more questions about the intentions of Laura Silsby and the other 9 detainees

This alone is disturbing and weird enough, however, Puello has no business offering legal counsel - he isn't even an attorney. Records from the College of Lawyers in the Dominican Republic show no accounting of Jorge Puello.

Though family members of the detainees deny any prior knowledge of Mr. Puello, the judge in Haiti, Benard Saint-Vil wants to investigate any connection before releasing Laura Silsby and the rest of the missionaries.

Puello claims to have been hired by Central Valley Baptist Church - one of a handful who supported the missionary trip - but Pastors Clint Henry and Drew Ham say no...http://open.salon.com//blog/akopsa/2010/02/15/man_advising_missionaries_suspect_in_sex-trafficking_ring

Honestly. This deal is looking worse and worse.

maybe because the story the detained told doesn't pass the smell test for me.

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