The Dominican government has requested the presence of Martin Palmas Meccia and Luis Palmas de la Calzada, husband and son of the former Argentine Ambassador in the country. The request to the Argentinean judiciary was made by the Dominican ambassador in Argentina, Juan José Jiménez Sabater. The Palmas are involved in the assassination of 12-year old José Rafael Llenas Aybar on 3 May. Two Dominicans have confessed to participating in the murder, and the lawyers of one of them says there are more Dominicans involved that court investigations have not yet uncovered. The defendants fear that the attention may focus on the Argentineans, that are unlikely to be extradited by the Argentine government, and not on the other Dominicans that are involved. The corpse of sixth grader José Rafael Llenas Aybar was found in the Arroyo Lebron near the Palmas Meccia family farm where they bred dogs.
