The chauffer of the murdered ex-rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) Mateo Aquino Febrillet, has now also withdrawn his lawsuit for attempted murder against the transport leader, Blas Peralta.
Joel Antonio Soriano Ramírez is the second of the victims to withdrawn their suits. The first was the former-candidate for deputy for the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM), Eduar Montas, who was the one who started the argument in San Cristobal that ended in the death of Aquino Febrillet.
Soriano Ramírez said that due to his family situation, he did not want to continue with his lawsuit against Peralta, but gave no more details. He also withdrew his civil suit against others involved — Rafael Herrera Pena, Gerardo Félix Bautista Mena and Franklin Alejandro Venega Rivas.
The widow of Aquino Febrillet, Rita Solís, called the withdrawal of the lawsuits treason.
National District prosecutor, Yeni Berenice Reynoso, nevertheless said her department would continue the case against Blas Peralta. “Blas Peralta killed a person and has to pay,” she said. The case has been affected by several technicalities that Reynoso says are to extend the process.
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El Nacional
Listin Diario
18 January 2017
