Lawyers of Jose Mercado Blanco (El Grande) have requested videos from the surveillance cameras of La Sirena store in Santiago de los Caballeros and Jacaranda in Monsenor Nouel. The lawyers, Junel Ramírez Merán and Olmedo Antonio Jaquez Peña say that their defendant was not in Santo Domingo when the murder of UASD law professor Yuniol Ramírez occurred on 11 October 2017. They say this can be ascertained by video cameras in the entrance to the La Sirena and the cafeteria area of Jacaranda in Monseñor Nouel province.
The lawyers for Mercado Blanco have requested that the authorities check the videos from 10am to 12 noon and 2 to 4pm to prove the presence of the accused in these businesses. The lawyers urge the videos be promptly requested to avoid the information being erased.
During the hearing for pre-trial custody, Jose Mercado Blanco said he was not in the city when the murder occurred. He said he was in Santiago on Omsa business. Mercado said he was tortured and coerced by the Police to provide a written statement. This statement contradicts his confession to participating in the crime made in a written statement confessing details on the crime and his role in kidnapping the lawyer.
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Listin Diario
23 October 2017
