The judges of the Second Collegiate Court of the National District Argenis Contreras sentenced to 20 years of prison for the murder of the professor Yuniol Ramirez in 2017 after almost five years in a judicial process that was lengthened by the actions of the main defendant.
Whereas, with respect to the former administrator of the Metropolitan Bus Service Office (OMSA), Manuel Rivas, was discharged from the accusation, as well as the wife of Argenis Contreras; the other defendants, Víctor Ravelo Campos and José Antonio Mercado Blanco, alias El Grande, were ordered released from preventive detention and released.
Lilian Francisca Suárez Jáquez and Jorge Luis Abreu Fabián (El Taxista) were also discharged due to insufficient evidence.
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In addition, Rivas was also discharged from the accusation of corruption against him since the judges understood that he was unaware of the irregularities that were committed during his management in the institution.
In the case of the former financial director of the OMSA, Faustino Rosario, he was also sentenced to one year in prison and banned for five years from performing any public function.
The reading of the full sentence will be held on October 20.
It is recalled that the body of Professor Yuniol Ramírez was found with chains tied to cement blocks in West Santo Domingo with a shot to the head, which according to forensic reports came out of his left eye.
