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forensic support to fbi. jackie. well, arthel, atf confirmed that they offered to help the fbi which is assisting rather dominican officials with their investigation, senator schumer said atf should get involved because of unique ability to for forensic test drinks. theories of elicit alcohol, symptoms point to methanol, toxic synthetic chemical used in antifreeze that s used i lelg ally to make counterfeit alcohol, consuming small amount can lead fluid in the lungs, two
rights movement. as investigations continue into mysterous deaths in the dominican republic, senate min leader chuck schumer calls on the u.s. government to do more and he wants the justice department s bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms to provide technical and forensic support to help with those ongoing probe s. at least 13 americans have died while on vacation in the caribbean country since june of last year. joining us now with more, jacqui heinrich, jackie? reporter: john senator schumer wants the atf to find out who these deaths are linked to taint ed alcohol saying some of the people who died shows symptoms of possible methanol poisoning a chemical used in aunt it freeze and some types used to make counterfeit alcohol and the atf confirmed they offer ed their help to the fbi which is assisting dominican officials at least 13 american tourists died since the beginning of last year including three new yorkers, four of them died after having a drink from the hotel mini bar. tw
dominican republic. edited could help determine if alcohol is to blame for series of very mysterious tourist deaths. ainsley: griff jenkins is live in our nation s capital. are officials trying to down play these deaths? i m not sure. good morning, ainsley and steve. important to remember the fbi cannot go beyond the dominican s requests for assistance in investigation. sovereign nation. the fbi is testing samples from at least one of those motel mini bars that s good news. not confirmed it yet until now. fox news told involvement limited to assisting with toxicology results only. if true this would mark a deeper dive in allegations that booze may have played a role here. fox news has learned as recent as april the dominican rum producers association was advocating to curtail counterfeit alcohol. meanwhile dominican officials are scrambling to reassure island paradise their island is safe. it s all hysteria against the dominican republic to hurt our tourism. this is a very competitiv
officials here their toxicology machine was broken. this means seven now american tourists dead here in the past few months, all following a similar pattern. in a resort, often having alcohol from the minibar. police say those deaths are not linked. they re also investigating the possibility of counterfeit alcohol being used. dana? dana: steve, some people accused in the david ortiz shooting are also wanted here in the united states? reporter: that s right. police have nine suspects in custody now, two of those suspects are accused of carrying out violent crimes in the u.s., including one, louis rivas from pennsylvania. he s accused of shooting man in the back there. so nine in custody and right now ortiz is still in boston where he is continuing his recovery after being shot once in the back. dana? dana: all right. steve harrigan, thank you. next, president trump unveiling a new plan to help former