Vanessa's killers had been jailed before
As is typical in many cases, the robbery department of the Police had already known the admitted killers of Vanessa Ramirez Fana. Amaury German Tavarez Peralta ("Medio Polvo") and Ricardo Alejandro Reyes Martinez (La Tata), had been arrested and jailed in 2004 for robbery, but were released a few weeks thereafter. A third member of the group back then was killed by the police in an exchange of gunfire shortly after they were released from custody. As the accused entered the courthouse for their bail hearing, another woman identified the group as the ones that had robbed her of her cell phone just minutes before the group killed 18-year old medicine student Vanessa a short distance from her family home in Santiago. Despite different reporters and different media, the story from the case has remained constant. The group met in front of the public school in the Hoyo de Caimito section of Santiago, decided that they were going to set out to rob people, and left on two small motorcycles. When they saw Vanessa talking on her cell phone, Amaury"Medio Polvo" Tavarez Peralta got off one of the motorcycles, walked up behind her, grabbed her hair, hit her in the back and tried to take the cell phone. As Vanessa fell to the ground struggling to keep the phone, Amaury Ventura Tavarez Peralta shot her and took the phone.
Yesterday a massive demonstration of sorrow and repudiation for this senseless killing, as well as all of the other violent crimes that have occurred recently, took place in Santiago, as thousands marched from the Altagracia church to the parochial church of Our Lady of the Annunciation on the PUCMM campus. In spite of massive traffic tie-ups, the people demonstrated plenty of tolerance and a firm stance against crime.
The Police arrested four in the case, one for buying the stolen cell phone, and the three others that on two motorcycles set out to find their victims.
You mean these lowlifes actually learned their trade in the DR, all by themselves?
