SANTO DOMINGO.– The Third Collegiate Court of the National District imposed a 20-year prison sentence on a lieutenant colonel of the National Police, found guilty of homicide of a man during an event that occurred in the early morning of December 15, 2024 in the Los Ríos sector.
The officer, identified as Raúl Francisco Suriel Ariaswas convicted of the death of Gregory Mena Monteroin a case classified by the Public Ministry as voluntary homicide.
During the trial, prosecutors Cynthia Bonetti and Carlenny Camilo were in charge of the litigation on behalf of the Public Ministry, while the investigation was conducted by the prosecutor Orlando Antonio Santos Ramirezof the Department of Internal Affairs of the National District.
According to the file, the incident occurred after the victim was identified by two citizens as allegedly responsible for running over a motorcyclist on Nicolás de Ovando Avenue. After ignoring a stop order issued by the officer and other agents, Mena Montero was chased to La Fe Street, in the Los Ríos sector, where he was forced to stop his vehicle due to traffic congestion.
Once arrested, the court determined that Suriel Arias acted violently by hitting the victim with his service weapon, a 9-millimeter Glock pistol, and subsequently shooting him in the face, causing his death, according to the autopsy report from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif).
The judges accepted the legal qualification presented by the Public Ministry, based on articles 295 and 304, paragraph II, of the Dominican Penal Code.
The court, presided over by Judge Leticia Martínez Noboatogether with the judges Evelyn Rodriguez and Yuleika Henríquez Romeroordered that the convicted person serve his sentence in the Special Operations Center.
