The Attorney General Office provisionally suspended on 3 September 2019 two San Pedro de Macorís prosecutors that are under investigation in the murder case of 30-year old lawyer Anibel González. The prosecutors suspended are Pedro Núñez Jiménez and Margarita Hernández Morales. The first is the head prosecutor of San Pedro de Macorís, the second is the director of the Gender Violence Unit in the same province.
San Pedro de Macorís prosecutors, the Attorney General Office and judges violated more than a dozen protocols in the case of the murder of San Pedro de Macorís lawyer Anibel González, according to numerous lawyers who have been interviewed by the media on the case Diario Libre has pointed out that the Attorney General Office was alerted and could have prevented the murder, but did not act according to the law.
Anibel González, mother of three little girls, was murdered by her former husband, Yasmil Fernández Estévez (Ray Fernández). Fernández shot González in front of their three children and then entered into the bathroom of the dwelling to commit suicide.
González had feared that Fernández would attempt to murder her once he got out of jail. Her worst fears came to be.
Fernández was in jail sentenced to a mere five years for a previous unsuccessful murder attempt in which he attempted to murder his former wife and inflicted seven stabs. She survived.
This time, she did not make it after receiving three bullet wounds from Fernández, who later would commit suicide. Fernández is the owner of a home furnishings company, but this is not Ray Muebles.
In the case, Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez has ordered an investigation into the murder of lawyer Anibel González by her ex-husband. Rodriguez acknowledges that the 6 February 2019 agreement that allowed for Fernández to leave the jail violated the general principles of the National Plan Against Domestic Violence.
Fernandez Estevez was jailed in December 2017 for the attempted murder of his ex-wife. However, in January of this year, he was released after securing the abovementioned agreement with the Justice Ministry. Neither the victim nor her lawyer were present when the agreement was reached with the prosecution and the deceased killer.
Attorney General Rodríguez has appointed assistant Attorney General Bolívar Sánchez, and the head of the National Plan Against Domestic Violence, Ana Andrea Villa Camacho to investigate the case. They have summoned three of the prosecutors from San Pedro to be interviewed, including head prosecutor Pedro Núñez and the domestic violence prosecutors, Luz Aurora Almonte and Margarita Hernández.
Luz Aurora Almonte had rejected the signing of the agreement and removed herself from the case. She previously notified Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez, the coordinator of gender violence Ana Andrea Villa Camacho and the inspector general of the Justice Ministry Bolivar Sanchez of the irregularities. When Almonte handled the case, she had accused Fernández of charges that should have meant 30 years in jail.
Hernández, who is the director in San Pedro de Macoris of the domestic violence office in San Pedro de Macoris, would take charge after Almonte rejected the agreement. Under Hernández, the gravity of the accusations were reduced and the agreement was signed enabling Fernández to prematurely leave the jail.
The president of the Lawyers Guild (CARD), Miguel Surun Hernández, has also called for an investigation as to how Fernandez Estevez could be released from jail for attempted murder after just over a year.
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4 September 2019