A survivor of a confrontation shot with agents of the National Police in the Rear sector of Maco, La Romana province, where four of his companions died, gave his version of the event that occurred last Sunday.
Isaiac Pérez de Los Santos, 24, who suffered gunshot wounds to his right arm and side, said: “We were normal, sitting all together, and at that moment they stopped us from behind, pla, pla, pla.”
He indicated that the Police accused him of having killed several people. However, he only admits that he killed Esmerling Cedeño, “Caliph.” “Because he wanted to kill me and I defended myself”said.
Several days ago, the law enforcement institution detailed that the alleged known criminals were killed in the middle of a shootout with police officers.
The alleged antisocials who received medical care at the Dr. Arístides Fiallo Cabral Hospital are: Cristian Eusebio Dorote (Kilo El Viejo del Block), 19 years old; Maikel Rosario Doñe, 25; Fermín Villegas (Yonatan and/or Chuqui), 18, and Raimin Ernesto Martínez Pérez (Macajai), 19.
While police corporal Diógenes Rafael Bucil Pie suffered blunt chest trauma due to three gunshot wounds to his bulletproof vest.
Busy weapons
The Police said through a press release that in the possession of the deceased and the injured man, the FEG Carandai brand pistols, Cal.9mms., illegible numbering, with a magazine with a capacity for 30 capsules, which had 9 capsules, were seized. and the Glock, Cal.9mms., without numbering, with its magazine and five capsules.
They also seized the revolver with a non-visible marking and numbering, Cal.38, in its cylindrical mass with 4 capsules and a casing, and a blank pistol, with 4 capsules for it. The group also had a bulletproof vest in their possession.
Criminal record
The deceased and the injured person were actively sought due to their high danger due to the deaths of Esmerling Cedeño (Califa), on 10-21-2024, and of Chantal Noemí Vega, on 08-30-2024, in the sector San Carlos, from La Romana. There was arrest warrant No. 197-1-2024-OAR-01397.
While there was an arrest warrant 197-2024OAR-01130 against Doñé for having caused gunshot wounds to the private security guard Sención Ramón Arias Muñoz, on 12-14-2024, at the Bella Vista School, to deprive him of a shotgun; gunshot wound to fellow security guard Cándido Nolberto Romero, on 7-9-2024, in the “Corazón Dominicano” China Store, who was stripped of a blank pistol.
Also for having caused a gunshot wound to another security guard identified as Gervacio Aristel Yan, on 12-3-2024, in the Quisqueya Vieja Sector, to deprive him of a blank pistol; gunshot wound to Haitian Pierre Ocvil Sainvil, to assault him, on 10-29-2024.
The reports also indicate that the nicknamed “Old Kilo” was also wanted by order No.197-1-OAR-00869-2023, for having entered the Romana Medical Center, on 09-11-2023, where he stole cell phones, being identified by security cameras.
Kidnapping
The group is also identified as those allegedly responsible for, on 12-02-2024, kidnapping Miguel Ángel Ubiera Cedeño, 24 years old, in the San Carlos Sector, whom they put in a white Hyundai vehicle, and beat him so that his Relatives will seek the sum of RD$100,000.00.
When they did not obtain the sum of money demanded, they stripped Ubiera Cedeño of his phone and a gold chain and threw him into the salty river of Trasero de Maco, from where he managed to escape.
There are other complaints filed by citizens, which will be compared to verify that those involved in this case were the authors.
