The Dominican Consulate in New York denies reports that Argenis Contreras, the man accused of the murder of lawyer Yuniol Ramírez in the Dominican Republic, had traveled to Punta Cana last week. The consulate said that on the contrary, Contreras is in jail in New York awaiting the decision of the immigration judge of the Southern District Court regarding a deportation order.
As reported, Argenis Contreras has appealed his deportation claiming persecution against him in the country and that his life would be in danger if he returns. He is awaiting a hearing before an immigration judge in the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey.
The press and public affairs office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Police in New York have reported that Contreras entered the United States on a tourist visa on 12 October 2017. Four days later, on 16 October, Interpol issued a red alert indicating that Dominican judicial authorities wanted him on homicide charges.
ICE arrested him on 11 April 2018 in the New York area and placed him in the custody of U.S. immigration police.
He is accused of being the material author of the murder of the lawyer and university professor.
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19 August 2019