Santo Domingo. The death of three of the men linked to the attack suffered by the Major Leagues Expelotero David Ortiz In June 2019 they are marked by a violent pattern, typical of the crime environment in which they moved.
The most recent victim is José Eduardo Ciprián Lebrón (Chucky)who was killed with 13 shots with two other men in the El Libertador of Herrera sector, just six months after obtaining his probation.
Ciprián Lebrón had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his alleged participation in the attack on Ortiz, but last February he regained freedom through a work permit granted by the judge of the execution of the penalty of San Cristóbal, José Manuel Ariasafter considering his good behavior at the Baní Correction and Rehabilitation Center.
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According to the police report, Ciprián and his companion, identified as Pérez García, moved in a black yipeta when they were intercepted by strangers who shot them without mediating words.
In his resolution, the magistrate had urged Ciprián to take the opportunity to reintegrate into society and warned him that, in case of breaching the rules of probation, it would be revoked and would have to serve the rest of his conviction.
It should be remembered that at the time of the attack on Ortiz, Ciprián Lebrón kept imprisonment in Azua for another crime and was indicated as one of the recruiters of the material authors.
Supposed intellectual author downloaded
In January 2024, the body of Victor Hugo Gómez Vásquezindicated at the time as an alleged intellectual author of the attack, was found in an advanced state of decomposition with a shot in the head in the La Guáyiga community, Pedro Brand municipality, Santo Domingo province. His relatives had reported him as missing.
The investigations determined that Gómez Vásquez was kidnapped after gathering on Republic of Colombia Avenue with several individuals, with whom he allegedly negotiated the sale of a vehicle.
Although he was downloaded from the case in 2022 due to lack of evidence, his murder would be linked to a debt that contracted after leaving prison, the family’s lawyer explained, Manuel Pimentelwho affirmed that the victim had sustained an altercation with a person days before his disappearance.
His identification took several months of forensic labor and coordination between the Public Ministry and the National Police.
Gómez Vásquez It was sought by the US authorities accused of being part of the Gulf cartela Mexican organization that distributes drugs through the border with the United States. According to the accusation, it carried out its operations between February 2016 and April 2018.
“The surgeon”
Another of those involved, Luis Eduardo Rivas Class (the surgeon)accused of contacting the hitmen who executed the attack on June 9, 2019, was riddled on September 26, 2021 in Santiago while driving a vehicle of the Samitaxi Taxis company.
At the time of his death he was a fugitive for his role in the Ortiz case and other crimes committed in the Dominican Republic, in addition to facing judicial requirements in the United States for a shooting that occurred in 2018.
Research investigations
The Dominican authorities initially concluded that David Ortiz was injured in an alleged confusion, claiming that the shooter confused him with another person.
However, in March 2022, an independent investigation headed by the ex -commissioner of the Boston Police, Ed Davisand the exagent of the CIA, RIC PRADOestablished that the attack was ordered by the alleged drug trafficker César Emilio Peralta (César El Abusador)who allegedly would have placed a reward against the player after a personal conflict.
In December 2022, the First Collegiate Court of Santo Domingo issued sentences ranging from five to 30 years in prison against 10 of the 13 accused of participating in the attack.
That same night of the attack, César the abuser was seen on the outskirts of the Abel González Clinic, where Ortiz received first aid, a fact that, according to the then attorney Jean Alain Rodríguezturned on the alarms and motivated the beginning of the operation that dismantled the criminal network two months later, with the support of US agencies.
The operation against the César network the abuser mobilized more than 500 agents of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD)troops from the Ministry of Defense and more than 50 career prosecutors and 150 support servers.
