The police placed a permanent vigil at the San Pedro de Macoris Antonio Musa public hospital, where 20-year-old Rosa Mirtha Rosario was interned after suffering serious injuries from being beaten and tortured with an iron, electrical wires and other objects by her boyfriend. The woman was rescued by her neighbor. The man responsible for her injuries is Luis Santana Baez, alias El Panita Cojo, and is a fugitive of the police. The police ordered the round-the-clock vigil at the hospital after Santana attempted to visit the woman on Friday, but was detected by Rosario?s mother in the hospital ward, and fled. The suspect had previously threatened to torture Rosario?s 3-year-old daughter if she denounced him to police. The police also ordered round-the-clock vigil at Rosario?s parents house where her 3-year-old daughter is kept.Santana is said to be armed.
This case is one of the most gruesome in a series of conjugal abuse stories that indicate alarming problems in the upbringing of Dominican men.
