The National Police arrested 43-year old Gilberto Antonio Paula Rosario, known as El Rubio or Antonio el Coquero, in a farm area near the city of San Francisco de Macorís last night. He is suspect of being involved in the murder of retired general 70-year old Juan Rene Beauchamps Javier in a farm near Nagua last Tuesday, 26 December. The police also announced the arrest of Henry Javier Perez or Henry Rafael Acevedo Santos of 22 years old who Mary Bievenida Guzman Almonte identified as the person who raped her after the murder. Guzman Almonte accompanied the retired general when upon returning to the Abreu home on the North Coast where assailants that had already robbed the home assaulted them. The DR1 Daily News erroneously reported as Ramon Etiler the Canadian resident who was murdered in Cabrera on 24 December. The police suspect the same gang that murdered former general Beauchamps could have been responsible for the murder of the Canadian. A reader wrote in to correct the information, saying that the correct name of the victim is Robert Ethier. Reportedly, "Ethier was a well known healer and spiritual teacher who made the DR his home 20 years ago."
