Santo Domingo. – The journalist Edward Ramírez He reported what was lived last Wednesday, when he was arrested by the National Police In the facilities of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center and reported as disappeared by his relatives, not getting home or his job as usual.
The young communicator, located on Friday in the Naco detachmenthe explained that it was arrested in a confusing incident, despite not having a criminal recordby agents of the body of order who assumed that it was suspicious of a robbery.
“Last Wednesday I was at the facilities of the Olympic Center, where I usually run great distances, since I am a half marathon athlete. Was on the outskirts of the Olympic center along with other peoplewhen an individual began throwing stones in the area, specifically on John F. Kennedy Avenue, ”Ramírez said in a video posted on his social networks.
At that time, according to his testimony, he met a police officer, who carried a firearm and, suddenly, stopped him.
“I saw that the person was approaching me a lot, so I proceeded to undertake the escape. A police officer who had a firearm in his hands”, He said.
Ramírez explained that showed his work cardhis Identity card and even an accreditation to cover an event held in Santiago, In order to prove that he had no criminal record. However, he pointed out that the uniformed reacted alteredaccusing him of a thief.
In addition, he pointed out that LE was denied the possibility of calling an acquaintance to inform him about his situation.
“All the time I identified as a journalistI showed my card and I was willing to present my documents, ”he said. However, he stressed that this was not enough, since they took photos, Le They seized the cell phone And they uploaded it to a truck, where he remained circling throughout the National District from 12:00 in the morning until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, before being taken to Naco’s detachment.
In that place, Ramírez denounced that They violated their rightsgiven that He was denied a call And they kept it for hours without eating, despite not having conflicts with the law.
“I say responsibly that I was deprived of my freedom for personal whim of the agents that were there, and I say it responsibly regardless of the consequences that this has,” he said.
In that order, the journalist, who works in THE NEW DIARYhe accused an officer named Paniagua, allegedly a member of the Central Directorate of Research (DICRIM), of unjustly prolonging his arrest.
Three years ago, the Naco detachment He was also at the center of public care due to the death of the young man David de los Santoswho, after being arrested, was brutally beaten by police officers in his facilities.
