Skarle Mujica Zapata, the 27-year old Venezuelan woman accused of involuntarily running over 33-year old Julio César de la Rosa Peralta on Tuesday, 25 June 2024 was allowed to post bail for RD$1 million as her case is heard in court.
In statements to the press, she lamented what had occurred and gave her condolecences to the family. She said she would not make more comments for the sake of the investigation and the deceased family members.
She will be released from the Casa del Conductor temporary jail once she pays the bail that is usually 10% of the total bail placed by an insurance company. Her expired Venezuelan passport is retained.
In the Dominican Republic, Mujica Zapata worked as a model in several advertising campaigns for beer companies, banks, etc, but did not have legal residency here.
Julio Cesar de la Rosa Tiburcio, father of the deceased, is a well-known activist for the Anti-Corruption Association (Adocco). The Venezuelan woman apologized to him and the family for her actions. The press reported that De la Rosa Tiburcio accepted the decision to allow Mujica Zapata to await her sentence outside of jail. Earlier, he had criticized that the Venezuelan had changed the date of the accident when filing the accident report and had stated that she had hit an unknown object.
In the accusatory file prepared by prosecutors Minerva Batista and Carmen Espinal, Mujica Zapata is accused of involuntary death due to reckless driving. She did not have a Dominican license and was using her Venezuelan license. She is also accused of attempts to evade the responsibility of the crime. The fatal event occurred on Saturday, 15 June 2024 at around 11:30pm when Mujica Zapata reportedly drove at high speed on the Autopista 30 de Mayo, the western side of the Malecon near the Migration Agency. On Monday, she declared the case at the Plan Piloto in Honduras stating she had run over an unknown object.
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El Caribe
Diario Libre
26 June 2024