The head of the police station in Sabana Grande de Boyá in Monte Plata province has been killed together with a police corporal and a supposed criminal in an incident that took place around 100 meters from the police station on Duarte Street.
The victims are second lieutenant Johnny de los Santos, aged 49 and in charge of the police station; Corporal Basilio Carmona Cabrera, 28, and a civilian only identified “Blanco”.
General Máximo Báez Aybar, who is at the scene, said that there was a standoff between a police patrol and armed men in a car. The police had gone there due to the high level of noise coming from the car and arrested one, but when they returned to look for the other men, the occupants of the vehicle opened fire, killing the policemen and the civilian. The man who had been arrested escaped. The police are now looking for the men known as “Wily” and “Wilfri”.
As well as Báez Aybar, also at the scene are prosecutors Félix Heredia and Marina Caraballo, along with a police contingent from the department of Criminal Investigations (DICRIM).
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Listin Diario
5 July 2017
