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Pistola? Weren't you going to stay with a "friend" in Villa Hermosa?
[Google translation from Spanish]
Vanessa Acosta
Last updated: 2023/10/07 at 6:03 PM
Police capture three assailants in the middle of a shooting in La Romana
Members of the National Police assigned to the Eastern Regional Directorate of the National Police arrested three elements, four members of an alleged gang of criminals, on Friday afternoon, who confronted the agents with powerful weapons, an event that occurred in the La Paz sector,
Villa Hermosa municipality.
The detainees, who were traveling in a Ford Explorer SUV, were identified as Roberto Miguel García Benítez, Alex Rodríguez Decena (a) Brayan, and Freddy Clarke Fulla; a fourth managed to escape, according to the police report.
According to the police report, the preventive patrols were following up on these, who minutes before had committed a robbery in the Villa Pereyra sector, on the named Miguel Alfonso (a) el Cojo, from whom they robbed a large sum of money and a cell phone.
The report adds that the detainees, despite depriving him of the money, tried to force him into the vehicle, inflicting several blows on his head.
In the midst of the chase, they tried to prevent their arrest by entering the La Paz sector of the aforementioned municipality, crashing into it, where they confronted the patrols commanded by the eastern regional deputy director, Colonel Roberto Paniagua Ramírez, and Lieutenant Colonel Diógenes Concepción Vásquez, Department Commander. Subcommander Manuel de Jesús Nieve Santana and other subordinates.
Under these circumstances, they requested reinforcements from the DICRIM members, who joined the fray, leaving the detainees with gunshot wounds.
The first was seized with an M16 A2 brand rifle, caliber 5.56 mm, with two magazines and 25 capsules, and a box with 35 capsules for the same, while the second was seized with a Taurus brand pistol, caliber 9mm., with non-legible numbering, with its magazine and three capsules, and the third, who served as driver, had in his possession a Luger PF-9 brand pistol, caliber 9mm.
The Scientific Police were able to collect inside the SUV five bulletproof vests, three caps with the initials DNCD, four DNCD soles, five balaclavas, five pairs of gloves, two striped caps, two green polo shirts, a vehicle license plate, another electronic provisional.
The detainees, upon being purged, appear on a police record. These will be made available to justice in the next few hours for the corresponding legal purposes.
Miembros de la Policía Nacional adscritos a La Dirección Regional Este de la Policía Nacional apresaron en la tarde de este viernes a tres elementos, de
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You will note that the major newspapers don't cover this sh*t. Just another incident among Dominicans. Not foreigners. Happens every day. You have to find these reports in the alternative news source. Or Facebook. I have no idea what the sources are on Facebook. I don't use it. My wife knows. Your girlfriend will know. Complete with grim photos. Note the M-16, multiple 9mm pistolas, and bulletproof vests in the story. Welcome.