Talk about a spaghetti western!! I had to google translate it because I did not want anyone to miss out on it.. Really, you CANNOT make this stuff up!
San Francisco de Macoris , Republic Dominicana. - Judge - President of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in this judicial department , ordered six months of house arrest against the mayor of the town of Las Terrenas, as a coercive measure to find serious indications that it is committed to an embezzlement of over 14 million, detected by audit performed by the Chamber of Auditors.
Following the decision serious incidents occurred in the courtroom , where the mayor's bodyguards , guns in hands disobeyed the order of the Assistant Attorney General of the Court of the officer driving to his office for the purpose of implementing the decision and took him to an unknown place , they tried to kill a communicator and wife accused of slapping a journalist covering the incidents Terrenas .
Judge Claudio Anibal Medrano , plus six months of house arrest , ordered barred from leaving the country and regular visit to the prosecutor of the Court, against the mayor Jos? Emeterio Mercedes Martinez , addressing the provisions of 1, 2 and 3 of the criminal Procedure Code , among others, for alleged irregularities by the Chamber of Auditors.
At the conclusion of sentencing , an incident originated when the Deputy Prosecutor of the Court of Appeal in San Francisco de Macoris , Mr. Wascar Fernandez warned request to accompany him to the office in order to implement the decision , but lawyers defenders refused , claiming that he could retire to his residence , reason fiscal Fern?ndez ordered handcuff and lead to his office the mayor , resulting in a struggle where members of the escort of the municipal officer with guns in hands, took him away by force.
In the struggle several journalists were assaulted and taken at gunpoint to no graphics and film of the facts.
A man identified as responsible for INAP in Las Terrenas, gun in hand he pursued communicator Alex Diaz, who fled in terror to avoid disaster .
Mrs. Castillo Basilia , wife of the mayor of Las Terrenas , delivered a "slap " the journalist Delvy Santos , amid the chaos caused .
Unusual way in the development of sight to the knowledge of the means of coercion, the Attorney Specializing Pursuit of Administrative Corruption , withdrew ask imprisonment as a coercive measure against the mayor, because according to their representatives , even analyze the audit by the Chamber of Auditors , which ensures not only the mayor is involved , but other people.
However civil actors represented by attorneys Peter Catrein , Mr. Fabi?n Castillo Staling Mercedes Hernandez and Lopez called for a year of detention , or house arrest in his absence , so were consistent with the opinion.
The complainants are the rulers Juan Pe?a Paredes, Rafael Agustin Rafael Taveras and Lino Castillo , who reported that the document issued by the Chamber of Auditors on the expertise to said council dated 31 January to 31 December 2010 , presented last month July , lists irregularities among which payment of electricity officials , salary reduction , delivery of works grade to grade and motorcycle financing for people who are not employees , exceeding the embezzlement of more than 15 million pesos.
Presented to the court for the third time several mayors of the region in defense of his colleague from Las Terrenas, Samana , including San Francisco de Macoris , F?lix Rodr?guez Grullon , Hermes Rodriguez Tenares , the Castle , Frank Valentine , among other .
While defense lawyers said they would appeal the mayor 's decision, the officer allegedly having rootedness , lawyers for the civil parties announced that they will ask for a review of the measure because it represents a flight risk , under the situation that present in the courtroom .