Four people were killed and 14 were injured in a suspect attempted breakout from Najayo jail on Friday, 24 October 2014. According to official reports, a conflict between the three rival drug cartels operating in the Dominican Republic is behind the incident. The authorities say that Winston Rizik Rodriguez (in jail) and fugitives Jesus Pascual Cabrera Ruiz and Pascual Cordero Martinez are behind the attack on the jail by men in two vehicles parked outside the jail. As reported the men were armed with M16 rifles.
The authorities say there were no escapes. The deceased include the deputy director of the Najayo Jail 32-year old Stalin de Jesus Polanco Amarante who leaves two children aged 11 and 4. The injured included a 12-year old boy who was visiting his father in the jail.
The deaths and injuries occurred when the assailants took two jail guards hostage and four armed men fired from outside the jail. The authorities say that two deputy security directors of the jail were seriously injured.
The dead at Najayo were identified as Angel Marinez Alcantara, said to be head of the gang, Jesus Felix Narciso, also thought to be a gang member, and Jose Languis Polanco Diaz and Alvaro Luis Capellan.
The injured inmates are: Rafael Medina, Tomas de la Cruz, Franco Heredia, Jeremi Gutierrez, Juan Fernandez and Henry Antonio Polanco.
According to reports, guards opened fire on the inmates after the prison was attacked by armed men outside the jail. The men were said to have made a getaway in a SUV. The jail houses around 2,000 inmates, including many foreigners held for drug trafficking. It is part of the model system of jails.
The Attorney General Office is investigating the discovery of three firearms, including a Magnum 357, in the Najayo jail after the incident. One of them is believed to have been used by Andy Martinez Valdez, who was in jail for being a contract killer. The jail authorities also seized ten cellphone SIM cards.
Gustavo Alcantara Valdez and Abraham Suero Garcia turned themselves into the authorities after being identified as two of five men who allegedly fired at the Najayo jail in the attempted escape. The authorities are on the trail of Elvis Felix Alcantara (Sadan) and Hairo Brito Bello (El Hairo) and a fifth unnamed person. Suero Garcia said he was sought because he is a brother of Andy Marinez Alcantara, a member of the gang that attempted the escape. Both Alcantara and Suero handed themselves in to the Noticias SIN media group.
Police chief Manuel Castro Castillo had called for their presence warning that they were aware they were heavily armed and dangerous.
Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito said that those involved in the incidents are highly dangerous criminals.
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