San Cristóbal Judge Willy de Jesús Núñez did not make himself available for questioning at the Supreme Court of Justice last week as expected. He is being investigated for his favorable ruling that allowed for the transfer from the San Cristóbal jail of Najayo to San Francisco de Macorís jail of sentenced murderer Pedro Alejandro Castillo Paniagua (alias Quirinito). Quirinito later would obtain another authorization on grounds of suffering from terminal mouth cancer for domiciliary arrest. His wife said he had died, and produced a death certification, but the whereabouts of his corpse are not known. The authorities have reason to believe Paniagua is on the run and have requested International Police cooperation for his arrest.
San Francisco de Macorís judge Aleyda Jiménez Acosta would grant domiciliary arrest to Quirinito on grounds of his terminal cancer after the transfer to a jail in San Francisco de Macoris.
Núñez reportedly had traveled to Panama, but had missed a first summons for questioning on 18 October 2017, and another on Friday, 20 October that he also missed.
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Listin Diario
23 October 2017
