In the coming days, Interpol officials will transfer from the Dominican Republic (their country of origin) to Uruguay to Denny Moreno Mateoinvestigated for the kidnapping of a businessman in 2015, judicial sources informed The Observer. An arrest warrant issued that same year weighed on him.
A short time later, Justice prosecuted a Uruguayan and two Dominicans for the act. There the order was ordered to require Moreno Mateo, who at that time was 34 years old.
One of the defendants was Mauricio Rodríguez, 27, who had a record for the crime of misappropriation in real reiteration with two crimes predatory. The Judge of the 1st Instance in Criminal Matters of the 16th Shift, decreed the prosecution of him with prison for the crime of kidnapping in real repetition and a crime of homicide.
On the other hand, the judge also imprisoned two Dominicans, 24 years old and 27 years old, for the crime of kidnapping as co-authors.
Kidnapping
The businessman arrived at 8:30 a.m. at the family company he ran and which was dedicated to importing forestry machinery at the intersection of San Martín with Batlle and Ordóñez.
According to eyewitnesses at the time, he parked his car 20 meters from the corner of the block where he had his company and, when he was going to the business, he was intercepted by two criminals.
In the corner could be seen stains of the businessman’s blood, who was shot in the arm.
A witness saw what was happening and immediately reported the incident to 911.
“Immediately, the Central Operations Table of the Unified Command Center ordered a zonal closure with saturation of mobiles from the Montevideo Police Response Units (URPM), and from the Investigations Area of the Operational Zone III Headquarters. That fence arranged allowed to locate the vehicle with rental registration (…) at the intersection of Nogueira and Iraola streets, in the Marconi neighborhood. Said vehicle had, among other elements, traces of blood, “the Ministry of the Interior reported at the time.
Upon reaching the area, the policemen were attacked with stones, for which the Republican Guard set up a perimeter fence to provide security for the other officers. Finally, the police arrested the kidnappers and rescued the businessman gagged in a house in the Marconi neighborhood.
