Couldn't possibly be that they know what they are doing....nah.
Some of these Idaho church folks sure are slooooowwwwwww to catch on when they’ve been duped . . . STILL!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6864852.html
” Jorge Puello, who has been a high-profile advocate for the American Baptists as they navigate the Haitian justice system, is in apparent violation of Dominican law for failing to register with the local bar association or obtain a license, said Jose Parra, vice president of the Dominican Lawyers Association. Parra said his organization was still investigating the situation and might file a complaint with the Justice Department, which could pursue criminal charges. Puello declined to comment in a brief telephone interview, saying he would be busy in court representing a U.S. firm seeking to establish a business in the Dominican Republic. He could not be located in court and did not return later phone calls. “
” Sean Lankford of Meridian, Idaho, whose wife and daughter are among those detained, said Puello provided his services for free. [apparently Lankford believes that the $12,000 dollars the families wired him was just for one-way “travel expenses”, which Puello requested after unilaterally announcing several days ago that he expected the group to be released and free to go after their first hearing] “He’s really shown himself to be completely trustworthy, and I truly believe he has done everything to help our people and to help us,” he said in a telephone interview from Idaho. Lankford said Puello contacted relatives of the Americans to volunteer his services. “