Puerto Plata Mayor Walter Musa Meyreles says he does not know how much money was stolen from his bedroom. News reports have mentioned he kept US$700,000 in the house. Musa says this is not true, that the statement was made by a Puerto Plata journalist to affect his reputation in these electoral times.
The Mayor, nevertheless, could not specify how much money he kept and was stolen. He said he is working his accounts to be able to come up with the exact figure.
Speaking on the radio program, El Sol de la Mañana, Musa Meyreles said that the stolen money came from his own personal business, and that what happened was a partner in the business had died. He explained he had the money in cash and was keeping it in his home to later change it into dollars and pay some of the debts that the business had.
He said that since the robbery, which happened last week, the authorities have been working to establish what happened. No door or window had been forced to gain entry to his home.
Several people are under investigation in connection with the crime.
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N Digital
7 August 2019