The lawyers of one of the confessed assassins of 12-year old José Rafael Llenas Aybar have said they have a list of eight persons involved in the case that have not yet been contacted by judicial authorities. Lawyers Francisco Hernández and Ambiorix Díaz are requesting a supplementary court hearing during which other known suspect accomplices would be questioned. They say that Mario José Redondo, cousin of the victim and confessed murderer, did not inflict the 34 stabs into the body of the victim. They say that while their defendant is not denying his participation, investigations must continue to uncover everyone involved in the murder that took place in May 1996. They also say that the way the case is going, attention is being focused on the husband and son of the former ambassador of Argentina, who left for Argentina and are very unlikely to be expatriated to face charges, and that investigations have not continued. They add that if the case continues on this wrong track, a third of those who participated will remain free. They pointed out that there are items missing from the evidence, such as clothing and recordings, that are clues to what really happened. The lawyers said that the case must be heard in the confidentiality of the judiciary and not tried openly by the Dominican press.
