He mayor of San Ignacio de Sabaneta, Felix Marte, formally requested this Sunday the minister of Inside and Police, Faride Rafulthe transfer of colonel Ureña, who has been singled out for his “disrespectful” behavior towards local and municipal authorities.
This request arises from a incident recent in which the colonel was caught snatching a man’s phone journalist that covered a police operation.
The incident occurred in the Mejoramiento Social neighborhood (La Sabana), where several youths were injured after a intervention police and were transferred to the Santiago Rodríguez General Hospital.
During the coverage of this event, the colonel Ureña abruptly snatched the phone from the journalist Danny Gomezwhile he was documenting the situation in the hospital, which has generated outrage in the community and concern in the journalistic community.
In the letter sent by the mayor Felix Marte, dated September 29, 2024, states the following: “This letter serves to request that you use your good and valuable offices to assist us with the transfer of the colonel Ureña, since he is disrespectful of both municipal and provincial authorities.”
Marte stressed the willingness of local authorities to collaborate in everything necessary to guarantee respect and peace in the province.
Declarations of the senator Anthony Mars
He senator from the Santiago Rodríguez province, Anthony Mars also spoke about the incident in a video sent to the editorial office of Free Diary. “I want to call my people Santiago Rodríguez, because I condemn that type of assault that just happened in my province. My province is a very peaceful province. My province is very religious, my province is made up of good and hard-working men and women. “I promise you that this case will be investigated,” said Marte, condemning the attack on journalist Danny Gomez already the youths injured during the operation.
Furthermore, the senator He called on the community to preserve the integrity of the local hospital, highlighting that “that hospital is yours, you cannot damage it, that cost us too much sacrifice. Now here we are going to be careful and we are going to take care of it.”
Background of assaults to journalists
This incident It adds to a growing concern about press freedom in the country.
Yesterday Saturday, Danny Gomez was attacked while covering the transfer of the wounded at the Santiago Rodríguez General Hospital, and previously, the journalist Inocencio Encarnación, from Teleuniverso, channel 29, also suffered assaults on the part of the Police in Santiago.
Both situations have generated a wave of criticism and calls for action by journalistic unions and organizations of human rights.
Organizations such as the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP) and the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) have demanded that immediate measures be taken to stop these acts of violence against journalists. journalistsremembering that the Dominican Constitution, in its article 49, protects freedom of expression and the press.
The case remains low investigationwhile the society Civil and local authorities are waiting for a concrete response from the Ministry of Inside and Police.
