Before being arrested, “Mingui” was involved in a shooting. Photo: National Police.
A man who was being sought by the courts and had an arrest warrant pending since 2014 was arrested this Sunday in the Santaní area. Previously, he was involved in a chase and shootout with police officers.
On today’s session, the arrest of Jose Domingo Prieto, alias “Minguí”, in the area known as Cañada Lourdes, in the district of December 25, Santaní.
The subject had an outstanding arrest warrant for intentional homicide which dates from year 2014 after being charged by murder of a butcher’s son of said town.
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He Commissioner Cristhian Cáceres commented to the C9N channel that During the morning they received information about the presence of “Mingui”so they decided to organize an operation to capture him.
Noticing the presence of the police officers, he quickly fled. entering a pasture. in fleeing from him, fired shots at the intervening personnelthus starting a shooting where he was wounded in the shoulder.
Subsequently, the now arrested He was transferred to the San Estanislao District Hospital, where he remains hospitalized and out of dangerunder police guard to prevent his escape.
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The commissioner confirmed that Prieto remained hidden in Argentina during all these years and approximately 3 months ago he returned to our country.remaining hidden in the house of a relative.
In the last times, He already had the entire community in anxiety and had accumulated several complaints against him for theft of cattle and cattle rustling.
