33-year old Jorge Gabriel Baez Abreu was serving a 30-year homicide sentence handed down in 2015 by a Puerto Plata court for the attempted murder of two people. The sentence had been confirmed by the Supreme Court of Justice in 2017.
But Baez seemingly maneuvered to get out of jail to receive medical assistance at the Clinica Costa Norte and the occasion was taken advantage of by two armed men who managed to separate the prisoner from his guards and helped him escape. Baez had been serving his sentence for the attempted murder of Henry Natanael Veras López and Pedro Parra Almonte in Puerto Plata at the Fortaleza Olegario Tenares in Nagua. They escaped with Baez on board a Toyota Prado that was later abandoned in Cabrera on the north coast.
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez ordered an investigation.
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19 December 2018
