Angel Puello, husband and producer of Isabel Aracena (Isha) shows, was assaulted and beat up by four bandits yesterday evening. He had to be hospitalized. Isha said that her husband was almost killed. One of the assailants wanted to kill him because he could identify them, another said that he would be "too heavy of a corpse." Since Isha is a big public figure, she’s the star of a leading children’s show, the Police would employ all its resources to uncover his murderers. Isha said that theft was the most likely motive of the assault. While they looked all over in the office to find the million, they left office equipment untouched. Days earlier, Puello’s company, Promovisión had produced a major spectacle at the Olympic Stadium. Promovisión brought in leading soap opera star, Tais Araujo for a firemen benefit. The assailants believed he had RD$1 million stashed in his office that is located in a second floor apartment in Urbanización Real. As he frequently did, Puello visited the apartment to pick up some papers at 8:30 pm, and then encountered the bandits as he walked down the stairs. They threatened to "cut off his penis and fry it in the kitchen" of the apartment if he didn’t hand over the million they thought were in the apartment. Puello was able to hand over RD$150,000 he had in the office, after enduring a severe beating. He has no broken limbs, but did suffer serious contusions. He said they tried to strangle him with his shirt.
