A Haitian farm worker employed to milk cows is the lead suspect of the murder of the owner of a Dominican farm owner in Villa Isabela, in western Puerto Plata and two other Dominicans.
Media reports are that 71-year old Juan José Soto Corniel, uncle of the former minister of the Armed Forces, José Miguel Soto Jiménez and 68-year old Arelis Maritza Ovalles Ureña and 63-year Gilberto Basilio Toribio (El Mocho) died of severe machete wounds. The murders occurred early Sunday morning, 2 October 2022, in the “Josefina” hacienda, property of Soto Corniel, located in Rancho Manuel, in the municipal district of Estero Hondo, in Villa Isabela, western Puerto Plata.
A Diario Libre reporter inquiry reveals that the incident would have started after an argument between the foreman of the hacienda and a Haitian national, who had been hired to work as an assistant on Soto Corniel’s property just 15 to 20 days earlier. The suspect fled.
The crime scene was roped off by the police and judicial authorities. The deceased have multiple stab wounds in the neck and mutilation of the upper extremities. The Central Criminal Investigations Agency of the Police is investigating.
Local people, in reprisal, set fire to the dwellings of several Haitians in the area.
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3 October 2022