The Government reported this Thursday night that the situation of a Dominican arrested by the Haitian Police accused of belonging to several gangs of kidnappers is an isolated case and guaranteed that in Dominican Republic These criminal groups do not operate.
He pointed out, in a statement released by the spokesman and director of Government Strategy and Communication, Homero Figueroa, that the individual named as “Molai Ortiz Mieses” is a fugitive from justice who has been out of the country for more than 10 years.
The document specifies that, according to national intelligence agencies, Luis Alejandro Ortiz Mieses (Alias Molaï), is registered as Dominican in the Central Electoral Board (JCE) database, born on 12/29/88, in the municipality of Guerra, Santo Domingo province. His identity was confirmed by comparing fingerprints and his relatives, who claim they haven’t had contact for ten yearsaccurate.
Ortiz Mieses was declared a fugitive from Dominican justice, since 2013, for participating in the kidnapping of a merchant in the municipality of Guerra, Santo Domingo province.
There are no more Dominicans in gangs
The statement indicates that the reports of the national intelligence agencies do not identify other Dominicans as members of any of the gangs active in Haitian territory.
Likewise, it indicates that Haiti does not have the technology or reliable records to obtain truthful information on the identity of the members of the different criminal gangs and that the Dominican RepublicInstead, it has a biometric registration system and other technologies that allow the main leaders of the gangs operating in Haiti to be identified.
This in response to a statement in which the Haitian National Police described this Wednesday, June 22, the confessions obtained in an interrogation carried out on “Molai Ortiz Mieses”.
The Dominican authorities guarantee that none of the Haitian gangs operate in the national territory and that the current case is an isolated incident involving a fugitive who has lived in Haiti for about ten years.
