The Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Rafulsaid Friday that “there will be no impunity” in the case of the five men who died last Wednesday during an alleged Exchange of shooting With National Police agents in the La Barranquita sector, in Santiago.
Raful reported that the General Directorate of the National Police ordered the Immediate suspension of the acting agents, who were already made available to the Public Ministry for investigation purposes.
“The investigation will be carried out until its last consequences, With total transparency commitment Towards citizenship. There will be no impunity; The order is built with legality and justice, and we will assume all the responsibilities that the process determines, “said the official through her X account.
The fact, which took place on Olympic Avenue of Santiagohas generated debate and questions by family of one of the victims, who They denied that their relative was linked to criminal activitiesas the official version supports.
Attorney General’s Office
Earlier, the Attorney General of the RepublicYeni Berenice Reynoso, instructed the director of Persecution of the Public Ministry, Wilson Camacho, and SantiagoQuirsa Abreu, to lead the research related to him incidentoccurred in front of a housing and business complex on the aforementioned avenue.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, Reynoso requested that the objective circumstances be determined in which the fact occurred and that it acts in accordance with the results of the investigation.
Identify the Deaths
The deceased were identified by the National Police As Edward Bernardo Peña Rodríguez, Carlos Enrique Guzmán Navarro (aka “El Charly” or “Charli Chasc”), José Vladimir Valerio EstévezElvis Antonio Martínez Rodríguez and Julio Alberto Gómez.
The police version
The police institution argues that it was a armed confrontation between agents and a Group of civilians allegedly linked to criminal activitiesduring which it resulted Wounded Cape Yohandy Encarnaciónwho receives medical care at a health center of Santiago.
According to the police version, the five Deaths They were part of a “Dangerous band“Dedicated to sicariate, arms trafficking, kidnappings, compulsive charges for drug -related debts and drug trafficking. They also reported the confiscation of several high -caliber firearms and vehicles.
“In the intervention were Five firearms occupied: A 5.56 AR-15 caliber rifle, a 9mm UZI caliber machine gun, a .38 taurus revolver official statement.
Police also indicated that in the middle of the operation a individual identified as Ronny Abel Sánchez Morilloaka “mute”, pointed out as alleged leader of the supposed Criminal Network.
Vladimir relatives deny official version
The Relatives of José Vladimir Valerio Estévez They rejected the version offered by the National Policeensuring that his relative was not a criminal or belonged to the criminal band. Indicated that he was dedicated to the hairdresser and that, at the time of incidenthe was in his workplace.
This Friday they went to the Prosecutor’s Office of Santiago for demand justice and asked that the agents involved be judicially processed.
“What we ask is to do justice, that those responsible are processed and convicted. Vladi is not going to be today or tomorrow, it will always be, because when he returns and a fact occurs, we understand that things should limit himself and sit a precedent in the Dominican Republic, “said Rafael Valerio, a family spokesman.
