The board of the Public Prosecution Service dismissed the head prosecutor for Barahona, Yván Ariel Gómez Rubio. He is charged with committing irregularities during the confiscation of a consignment of cocaine in Azua.
The report from the board has been sent to the Regional Prosecution Office in San Cristóbal. Prosecutors Francisco Mejía and Constantino Beltré are ordered to investigate to see if criminal charges should be brought.
The interim replacement for Gómez Rubio is Wellington Matos Espinal.
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El Dia
11 September 2019