Since 2016 there have been ten convicts who have been killed by prison guards or the police trying to escape from different jails around the country. Five prisoners have been killed so far this year. Last Friday, 1 June 2018, three inmates were shot and killed by prison guards, and two were injured.
The incident took place at the San Pedro de Macoris model jail and the video of the event has been making the rounds of social media leading to great indignation at the treatment of inmates as “animals”. The video shows one of the prison guards shooting one inmate while he lay on the ground and another who had been recaptured being dragged.
The Attorney General’s office has said that the prison guards, Wilfredo Andújar Guzmán and Ambiórix Barrientos were arrested and will face legal proceedings.
The office explained that the inmate shot in the legs in the video to prevent him from fleeing was identified as Ángel Oscar Arduey Barnés, who died on Sunday 3 June 2018, in a San Pedro hospital.
The others who were killed during the supposed escape were Alfredo Ogando Hernández and Elkis García, and those injured were Luis Antonio Richard Hernández and José Manuel Castro Guerrero.
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez condemned the action by the police and said all who participated in the incident will be punished.
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Hoy
El Dia
5 June 2018
