Former President Balaguer has accepted to testify in the case of 12-year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar, according to press reports. Reportedly Judge Julio Cesar Cano Alfau of the Sixth Penal Chamber received a letter in which nonagenarian Balaguer requests preferential treatment and so that he may testify in writing or be allowed to testify at his home. The former President is blind. The press also reported that former judge Alexis Henríquez Núñez and businessman Ernesto Vitienes have also been requested to testify in the 31 August hearing. The case revolves around the assassination of 12-year old Jose Rafael Llenas Aybar. A cousin and friend, then only 18-year old, have confessed to the crime. Also involved is the husband and then 18-year old son of the former Argentinean ambassador in the Dominican Republic. The minor was found stabbed with 34 wounds on 3 May 1996.
