Judges at a Santo Domingo court have postponed the appeal by those implicated in the murder of lawyer and university professor Yuniol Ramírez until 15 January 2018.
Court president Sarah Veras, along with judges Pilar Rufino Díaz and Liz Francisco Madera took the decision to allow time for the details of the appeals to be presented to the Public Prosecution Service and the lawyers for the victim’s family.
The appeals were filed by the ex-director of the Office of Metropolitan Autobus Services (OMSA), Manuel Rivas, José Antonio Mercado Blanco (El Grande) and Colonel Faustino Rosario Díaz, who are all in preventive custody in jail.
The court also ordered that El Grande should attend the hearing. The judge noted that on Wednesday 20 December, only El Grande’s lawyer, Carolos Salcedo, was in court.
Yuniol Ramírez was murdered on 11 October 2017, and his body thrown into a river in Manoguayabo, Santo Domingo West.
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Listin Diario
21 December 2017
