The National Commission of Human Rights has said that with the death of Rubén Darío Hipolite Martínez (Moreno 27), killed inside his apartment last Friday, 9 November, by police officers, while children were present, there have been 10 extra judicial executions by Police agents over several months.
The Commission president Manuel María Mercedes condemned the incident saying it was more evidence of the culture within the police and also criticized the fact that those investigating the case were also members of the police hence they lacked credibility.
Police spokesman, Colonel Frank Félix Durán Mejía, said that four agents had been suspended and were under investigation and that the investigation commission was headed up by the director of Internal Affairs, General Héctor García Cuevas.
He said that the deceased was being sought in connection with the wounding of the ex Dominican Navy spokesman, Colonel Augusto Lizardo and his five year old son, last May.
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El Dia
13 November 2018
