Moca.- The General Directorate of Penitentiary and Correctional Services (DGSPC) reported the death of the prisoner, Edward de Jesús Cruz García, who was admitted to the Toribio Bencosme hospital in this city of Moca, with a history of bronchoaspiration that triggered a pneumonia.
The information was released through a press release, which states that the deceased was detained in critical condition, since last Saturday, in that care center where he received medical attention due to his delicate state of health.
Roberto Hernández Basilio, general director of the General Directorate of Penitentiary and Correctional Services (DGSPC), expressed his regret for the death of Cruz García and said that the institution he directs works to guarantee the health care of those deprived of liberty. .
“As soon as we realized the health status of that prisoner“He was given the medical care established by the protocols to preserve his life, but his body did not respond,” said Hernández Basilio.
The head of the DGSPC recalled that the institution is carrying out an investigation into the events that ruined the health conditions of Edward Cruz García as a result of an alleged incident, to establish responsibilities and find the truth.
Regarding the investigation being carried out, the intelligence services of the General Directorate of Penitentiary and Correctional Services (DGSPC) together with members of the Public Ministry carried out several searches at the Correction and Rehabilitation Center, La Isleta de Moca, in order to collect evidence and testimonies of the alleged fact.
To date, several Penitentiary Surveillance and Treatment Agents (VTP), who were on duty at the time of the alleged event under investigation, have been suspended.
Edward de Jesús Cruz García, whose file in the system is 433110, 32 years old, had been in preventive prison since October of last year, accused of robbery.
According to the body removal report 672763, the causes of death of the prisoner were respiratory arrest, the result of a clinical condition with a history of bronchoaspiration due to prohibited substances that led to pneumonia.
The DGSPC reported that it is awaiting the required autopsy by the National Institute of Forensic Science (INACIF), as established by Law 136-80, in its article 1, which requires the practice of judicial autopsy. in the investigation of any case of death if the person were in prison.
