Prosecutors levied pre-trial presentation ruling to Genaro Peguero, father of murdered teenager Emely Peguero for illegal carrying of a firearm. Peguero said he carried the firearm because of the threats he had been receiving for not dropping the case against Marlon and Marlin for the murder.
The San Francisco de Macoris prosecution office ordered he appear before court one day every month. He was sentenced to six months of conditional freedom for illegally carrying the firearm. Peguero complained the prosecutors have not assigned protection to him despite the threats. He has said he has been offered RD$20 million to drop the case, but that the body of his daughter does not have a price. He was arrested on Tuesday, 1 May 2018 at the San Francisco de Macoris courthouse.
2 May 2018
