Today's Listin Diario, computer translated:
At least 19 police officers have been killed this year
Santiago Benjamín de la Cruz
Santiago.delacruz@listindiario.com
Santo Domingo
At least 19 police officers have been killed in the country so far this year, with the highest number of deaths in recent weeks, mainly in the west of the capital.
The last death of a member of the Police occurred last Thursday, when unscrupulous shot dead a sergeant, wounded a civilian and tried to kill a satin that saved his life by wearing a bulletproof vest.
Sgt. Major Lázaro Amador Cristóbal Vicente, 39, assigned to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Amet), died when he was receiving medical attention at the hospital Doctor Marcelino Vélez Santana, in Herrera, where civilian Robert Rafael Pérez Rivas was also admitted, 38, who was injured when they were in the 27 February extension.
For the latest deaths, the Central Investigation Office (Dicrim) arrested three people in relation to the latest events in the western part of the capital, where members of the National Police have lost their lives and others have been wounded to dispossess them Of their regulation weapons
La Dicrim conformó varios equipos de oficiales para dar seguimiento a los casos y apresó a Manuel Johan Rubio (a) Boca, de 27 años; Hamilton Antonio Rojas Guzmán (a) Deja, de 31; Jesús Valenzuela Lebrón (a) Malón, mayor de edad, y se ocuparon armas de fuego y motocicletas, las cuales eran utilizadas para cometer los hechos delictivos.
En el proceso de investigación, de acuerdo a la Policía Nacional, se determinó que todos los hechos han sido cometidos por los integrantes de una banda criminal especializada en asaltar agentes policiales y personas de la clase civil para despojarlos de sus armas y otras pertenencias.
The police added that several components of the Dicrim reinforced by members of the Preventive Police and tactical teams deployed activities in different parts of the capital with a view to apprehending other members of the referred gang, which are presumed to have several weapons and Belongings of citizens who have been victims of their actions.
On January 23, a police shed died during an assault in which two men loaded with their weapon of regulation, in an incident occurred in the sector of Manoguayabo, in Santo Domingo West. The deceased agent, William Montero Encarnacion, 23, was traveling on a motorcycle and his assassins shot him, shot him in the head and fled with his gun.
On January 28, the retired general of the Police Jose Francisco de Jesus Minervino was assassinated of several shots that made him strangers who traveled in a motorcycle in the municipality Santo Domingo Este. The victim was robbed of one of his two weapons.
On February 15, Edwin Enmanuel Octavis Luis, who was shot three times in the head and on both legs, was murdered by two men on the premises of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Amet).
The aggression happened in the street General Sandoval almost corner Luis Arias, in Las Palmas de Herrera.
He was traveling in the company of Corporal Isoris Trinidad Arocha Veras, who was stripped of his wallet and cell phone.
On February 28, Captain Francisco Antonio Pichardo Mejía, 46, was killed and his gun was taken away.
The incident occurred around 8:00 pm on Rafael Atoa Street, in front of the buildings surrounding the Duarte bridge, when the officer returned home on a Delta RX 115 motorcycle, after serving his service in the National Intelligence Department of the National Police. He was stripped of his regulation weapon.
In all cases, the spokesman of the National Police, Brigadier General Nelson Rosario Paredes, has assured that this institution will continue to fulfill its duty to prosecute and arrest all criminals to make them available to justice.
In addition, it ensures that all those who challenge the authority will find the strong response of the Police that will continue to enforce the laws.
On March 5, a first lieutenant of the National Police was shot in the Ensanche Luperón, of the National District. The officer was identified as De Jesus Mendoza, Mars, 37, who died while receiving medical attention at a health center after suffering a bullet wound in the abdomen, caused by people whose identification and location is worked.
On March 15, a sergeant major of the Army of the Dominican Republic (ERD) died after receiving several shots during his work as a motoconchista in Villa Mella. Sgt. Major Neudy Alcántara Batista, 36, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to a certified coroner in the case.
The assassins of the military stripped him of his gun, which was assigned as a weapon of regulation, the motorcycle brand CG-200, and his wallet with his personal documents. Alcántara Batista, who was assigned to the Specialized Tourist Security Corps (Cestur), lived in the Villa Carmela II sector in Villa Mella, and took advantage of his free time to devote himself to motoconcho.
On March 18, in San Pedro de Macorís, a police officer was shot dead when he tried to avoid a robbery of a lottery bank located in the neighborhood Restoration, north of San Pedro de Macorís.
The victim was identified as Jose Jaknnel Tellería Sánchez, who died when he was taken to the Antonio Musa Regional Hospital.
On May 6, they found the body of a police officer with a gunshot wound at kilometer 19 of the Las Americas motorway. Natanael Sánchez Pichardo was 24 years old.
On May 11, in La Romana, a captain was shot dead by a stranger when he was looking for a car that had allegedly been rented in Samana on the first day of that month and had not been returned. His name was Roberto Santos and he was 44 years old.
On June 6 a member of the security of the wife of the Minister of Interior and Police died, when he arrived at his house in the sector La Venta, in Manoguayabo. Charle Valerio, was 28 years old and was corporal of the institution, died in a presumed assault to rob to him its weapon of regulation.
On June 13 a police officer was shot six times in trying to prevent a patient who had been wounded by gunshot wounds to the Public Hospital in Higüey, as reported by the National Police. The agent was Rafael Ramón Díaz Casier, 24 years old.
On July 3, 2017 a corporal of the National Police was assassinated by two men during an attempt of assault in Arroyo Hondo. It was Jairo Féliz Valdez, who according to the institution was shot while riding a motorcycle on the Avenida Sol Poniente.
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