Judges of the Collegiate Court of San Pedro de Macoris sentenced to 20 and 30 years and indemnity of RD$200 million those accused of kidnapping, murdering and hiding the bodies of public minibus transport drivers in the East. The vehicles of the victims were later negotiated for sale in Haiti and the corpses were dumped in a hidden common grave in a Juan Dolio area cave. The accused were known throughout the hearings as the “Verdugos de la Fosa.”
Judges Kenia del Pilar Tavárez Henríquez, Haydeliza Ramírez Henríquez and Juan Güílamo issued their verdict on 12 July 2018, after 10 hours of deliberations.
Those sentenced are Hugo Antonio Zorrilla Alfonseca and Radhamés Ramírez, to 30 years each at the CCR-San Pedro de Macorís jail; and police sergeant Luz Divina Martínez Pimentel, Jaime Valentín Encarnación Figuereo (accused of negotiating the vehicles of the deceased in Haiti) and Samuel Fortuna, to 20 years at the Najayo and La Victoria jails.
The defendants were accused of the murder of five drivers of competitor transport group — Vidal Dionisio Berroa Manzueta, Jary Wilson Rodríguez, Germán Arredondo Quezada and David Polanco. Their corpses were found on 23 May 2016. The assassins admitted the victims were tied and thrown into the Juan Dolio cave where they were left to die.
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Listin Diario
En Mi Trinchera de la Lucha
16 July 2018
