The National Police on Saturday reported that the Journalist Edward Ramírez was arrested Around midnight on Thursday, July 31 for a preventive patrol while it was in a wooded and dark area of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, in the National District, in the company of two other men.
According to the preliminary report, the Agents intervened After observing that the three individuals, including the communicator, presented a altered behavior And they were sweaty at the time of the meeting.
“Men They were approached and subsequently transferred In a police vehicle, as part of the usual protocol in similar situations, “the entity explained in a press release.
The institution said that the arrest was registered in its entirety by the Body cameras used by agents, whose records are part of the Acting documentation.
- The police also confirmed that Ramírez It is allowed to use his Mobile phone on at least three occasions.
In one of them, as recorded in a video Posted by journalist himself In his social networks, he managed to communicate with a person who assured him that “he would solve the situation.”
In the same video, Ramírez Recognize having tried make a fourth call homewithout success, and describes the police intervention process, including what he described as faults of verbal respect by some agents.
The authorities also investigate the reasons why the companions of Ramírez They did not alert On the situation or offered information that would clarify the context of the meeting.
Exhaustive research
He managing director of the National PoliceMajor General Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta, ordered a exhaustive research of the case, which is being made by the General Inspectorate of the institution.
