Santo Domingo.- According to a report presented this Tuesday, by the United States, it reveals that in the country, the National Police violates the human rights of people, with the support of the government in power.
It highlights that at least 4,000 people were allegedly murdered in confrontation with the police and security forces from 2010 to the current year.
This report details that the data of the Attorney General of the Republic, the police would have murdered in October of last year, about 41 people, without knowing the precise number of executions.
The main problem, in human rights, involves illegal or unjust murders perpetrated by government security forces; brutal, bloodthirsty, or indecent mistreatment by police and other government agents.
Similarly, the text highlights that there are severe prison situations that endanger life; illegal arrests; improper interference with privacy; criminal defamation of private journalists; serious government corruption; and police violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, among others.
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The text highlights the execution by the police of the evangelical married couple, Joel Díaz and Elizabeth Muñoz last year when they were returning from an activity of the Christian faith, in Villa Altagracia.
The human rights document says local media reported that officers “mistook” the couple’s vehicle for wanted criminals and fired on the couple’s vehicle as they chased them.
In this sense, it is detailed that in the month of April, the Public Ministry as the governing body for the formulation and application of the policy against crime in the country, and responsible for developing the investigations, and the penal application of these facts, would have ordered the seven police officers involved in the shooting were arrested and remanded in custody.
He continues to highlight the report of what happened on October 2, when an off-duty police officer shot and killed Leslie Rosado after she apparently collided with the officer’s motorcycle and left the scene. The agent was assisted by a second agent, who helped him pursue Rosado’s vehicle.
The report is available at the following link: https://bit.ly/3JycsAYSa
