Barranquilla news

[Fuzzyone]

I got the pleasure last night to watch on T.V. the D.A.S. arrest a marriage ancgeny owner last night from Florida. His name was Robert Frank Danilo, I guess he got some gringo to pay him 1,500 dollars for his service and when the gringo tried to cancel him the crap hit the fan. Anyone that want to read the story it is on El Heraldo web site... DAS detiene a estadounidense por presunta extorsion.... The woman involved was crying her eyes out on t.v. Anyone know what the name of the marriage ancgeny was the paper and t.v. did not report it....It is based in Florida....

[Tigre]

... in response to Barranquilla news, posted by Fuzzyone on Oct 22, 2004

Here is the link ENJOY!!!   http://www.latinmatchmakers.net/index.html

[Tigre]

... in response to Barranquilla news, posted by Fuzzyone on Oct 22, 2004

[This message has been edited by Tigre]

This was a new agency owner.  latin matchers.  I guess he needed the money.  Extotion is a national past time in Colombia.  But only Colombian can play, Sorry Robert

[Fuzzyone]

... in response to Re: Barranquilla news(Owner Kidnapped by..., posted by Tigre on Oct 24, 2004

I guess he figured if some Colombian girls could get away with taken a Gringo for all he had that Robert could too... I got to watch the whole thing on T.V. it made for some news in this area...

[papi]

... in response to Re: Re: Barranquilla news(Owner Kidnappe..., posted by Fuzzyone on Oct 24, 2004

so what exactly happened to this guy??? did the gringo go to the police? if so, good for him

[Fuzzyone]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Barranquilla news(Owner Kidn..., posted by papi on Oct 24, 2004

The way I saw it on the news here in Barranquilla was the Gringo went to the police but not until he had changed his mind and wanted to try something else.... If you could have watched the woman cry her eyes out... My wife thought it was very funny she pointed it out to me on the T.V.

[Fuzzyone]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Barranquilla news(Owner Kidn..., posted by papi on Oct 24, 2004

The way I saw it on the news here in Barranquilla was the Gringo went to the police but not until he had changed his mind and wanted to try something else.... If you could have watched the woman cry her eyes out... My wife thought it was very funny she pointed it out to me on the T.V.

[JunFan]

... in response to Barranquilla news, posted by Fuzzyone on Oct 22, 2004

I never met the guy when I was down there, but as I recall everyone that used he & his wife's agency reported that he was a real above-board kind of guy. Everyone seemed to like the guy.  As I recall, he operated out of his home.  Kind of surprising to hear.

[Irmao]

... in response to Barranquilla news, posted by Fuzzyone on Oct 22, 2004


The owner tried to get the guy to pay him $1500 after he declined to use his services because the prices were too high.  

Robert Danilo Franco, un ciudadano estadounidense que dice desempeñarse como notario de la Corte del Estado de Florida, fue capturado por el DAS en Barranquilla por una presunta extorsión a un compatriota suyo.
Según el reporte oficial, Franco fue detenido en un hotel del norte de la ciudad cuando exigía la cancelación de una millonaria suma de dinero a otro estadounidense a cambio de permitirle salir del país.
Franco es propietario de una agencia matrimonial y fue denunciado ante el DAS por un hombre que había contratado sus servicios.
Nelly Castellar, Subdirectora del DAS, explicó que la agencia de Franco servía de intermediaria entre colombianos y personas de otras nacionalidades, actividad legal.
Sin embargo, su compatriota denunció que estaba siendo presionado para cancelar 1.500 dólares pese a no utilizar los servicios de la agencia debido a los altos costos, informó el DAS.

[papi]

... in response to Barranquilla news, posted by Fuzzyone on Oct 22, 2004

i heard of this guy and looked at his website before but dont remember it. my experience is that agencies are fairly honest for the most part aside from nickel and diming their customers but you never know. i agree - good to hear law enforcement is cracking down on those that cheat their customers.