The National Police says that three members of a violent band of criminals, who carry firearms and carry out assaults in the National District, were arrested in the case of two 21-year old men that were abducted on the early morning of Sunday, 19 May 2019.
Those arrested are José Luis de la Cruz Rincón (El Negro), Wilfredo Alexander Valerio de los Santos (Beibi), and Alexander Ortiz Carmona (Escopeta), who live in Los Rieles, kilometer 20 of the Yamasá Highway in Santo Domingo North.
They were identified by the two young men who were assaulted and robbed and beaten after leaving a gathering with friends shortly before 3am at José A. Brea Peña Street in the Evaristo Morales neighborhood in Santo Domingo. The 21-year olds had their cell phones taken and RD$1,000 in cash they had on them.
The young men, who have preferred to remain anonymous, were then forced at gunpoint to get into the assailants’ vehicle, and taken to ATM machines to retrieve cash. When it was evident the young men did not meet their assailants’ expectations for cash, they were taken to the Caribbean Sea cliffs off the Malecon.
The Police says it has identified two other men, Juan Manuel Selmo Ortiz and Enmanuel Feliz (Bebo) that are also arrested after investigations advanced. As reported in Diario Libre, the Police says that the first three and the second two men were part of a criminal gang that had committed other express kidnappings. DJ Ray-R (Ray Ricardo) went public on social media saying he too had been a victim of a similar assault, involving a white Sonata and a rifle. On Monday, 20 May, he presented a formal complaint at the Police headquarters. The Police say a sixth man is fugitive. The Police suspect he has the rifle that was used in the crimes.
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El Dia
21 May 2019