Dominican authorities on Monday were investigating the circumstances of the crash.

The FBI confirmed to Fox News it was assisting Dominican authorities in investigating the deaths.

Dominican authorities have yet to give the family a cause of death, Ms Arnold said.

Dominican authorities said 19 passengers were rescued and were admitted to a medical centre with injuries.

Dominican authorities said 19 passengers were rescued and were admitted to a medical center with injuries.

Dominican authorities said it was the first full-scale cocaine processing operation ever uncovered in the Caribbean.

Dominican authorities seized about 6.7 tons of cocaine in 2011, the report said.

Dominican authorities used tear gas to break up the protest and later blocked Haitian vendors from entering the country.

Dominican authorities declined to raise prices in the run-up to May's presidential elections to choose a successor to President Leonel Fernandez.

As coronavirus spreads rapidly around the globe, Dominican authorities on Friday ordered the cancellation of all flights from Milan for 30 days.

It also clarified initial reports by the family and Dominican authorities to the media that the three deaths occurred in the same building.

The Dominican authorities, realizing that they had no reason to be proud of their prisons, were loath to permit foreigners to visit the jails.