Three unknown armed assailants assaulted the assistant of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco and made away with RD$60,000 of the later’s just-cashed pension check. The robbery took place shortly after noon at the entrance to the former President’s law offices at the intersection of avenues 27 de Febrero and Tiradentes. Milano Antonio Ortíz, a former military who serves as assistant to the former statesman had just cashed the check at the Banco de Reservas branch in Naco neighborhood and apparently was followed to the basement of the building where the law office is located. The officer, who was not armed, did not offer resistance to the thieves. He said a third person in a vehicle in front of the building awaited the two.
