The former chief of the National Police, retired Major General Jaime Marte Martinez, was visibly upset when reporters asked him about the 15 vehicles that were supposedly recovered from thieves and found to have been in his possession at one time or another. “I have not taken a tricycle, much less a vehicle,” said Marte Martinez, who was shaken by the line of questioning. Yesterday, the district attorney for the National District released a list of high-ranking officials with recovered vehicles assigned to them, of which Marte Martinez is only one. Other names mentioned are retired Colonel Fausto Tiburcio Batista, with 20 vehicles, and retired Brigadier General Pedro Hernandez Reynoso, who had 10.
According to the report, District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez said that others on the list included brigadier generals Yuri Ruiz Villalona (4 vehicles), Osvaldo Hernandez de la Cruz (7 vehicles) and Ernesto Ovalles Concepcion (2 vehicles). These men are or were colonels in the National Police organization. There are 18 vehicles in the hands of people whose names the DA has not yet revealed, however, although he promised to divulge these identities shortly.