Relatives of three of four men shot to death early Sunday morning at a drink in Sabana Perdida, in the Santo Domingo Norte municipality, Santo Domingo province, rejected that their relatives died during a confrontation between opposing gangs, as published in some media outlets. communication.
Meanwhile, the National Police He reported that he continues and deepens the investigations with the Public Ministry on the incident, but that so far he has nothing conclusive and is investigating the real causes.
Mrs. Octavia Antonia Rodríguez, mother of Jeison Manuel Rivas Cuevas, 23 years old, and Carlos Manuel Rivas Rodríguez, 45, and at the same time aunt of Andy Alexander Rivas Castillo, 41 years old, three of the dead, narrated in their residence on 13th Street in the Villa Progreso sector, in Sabana Perdida, that they went out to share at midnight on Saturday, and that they were shot at in the “Bajo Mundo” drink, in Barrio Nuevo, after 4:00 a.m. early Sunday morning to rob them.
According to what he told journalists, the attackers, among whom was allegedly Randy Javier Mañón (El Pollo), 22, the fourth of the dead, first robbed his two children and Andy, from whom they had taken money, clothing and cell phones. , after which they were fired upon, Jeison and Carlos Manuel falling first.
He added that Andy, who had come from the United States and shared with his cousins, Carlos and Jeison, managed to shoot at the attackers, killing Randy “el Pollo” and wounding another, who has not been identified, after which one of the attackers the robbers killed Andy.
According to his account, the robbers were driving a white SUV, whose brand or license plate he described.
The disconsolate mother demanded that the National Police clarify the murder of her two children and her nephew, since, according to what she stated, they were not members of any gang nor were they dedicated to committing any crime.
police report
This Monday morning, the General Directorate of the National Police, in a report released through its spokesman, Colonel Diego Pesqueira, indicates that so far the investigations indicate that the wounds presented by the bodies of the four men were they produced each other.
He added that Randy “El Pollo” wounded Jeison and Carlos Manuel, and his cousin Andy responded to the attack and killed him with several shots.
It indicates that Andy was then wounded by another of the attackers, unidentified and that he is a fugitive.
According to versions of residents in the neighborhood where the drink is located, the incident would have originated from “old personal quarrels.”
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However, Colonel Pesqueira told El Nacional that so far there is no conclusive version in this regard and “investigations are deepening with the Public Ministry, while ballistic analyzes are awaited, to establish whether other people participated in that incident.
He specified that the place where the event occurred did not occupy weapons and only 22 casings of 22-millimeter caliber bullets were collected, which were analyzed.
By Estarlín Canelo and Rafael Tomás Jaime
