Yesterday the judge in charge of investigating the 1994 disappearance and presumed murder of university law professor Narciso Gonz?lez ("Narcisazo") halted interrogations of military officials and asked that several others be blocked from leaving the country. Narcizaso, a vocal critic of then-President Balaguer, was rumored to have been picked up by agents of the Dominican Air Force’s (FAD) A-2 Intelligence group just before his disappearance, so the investigation has focused on FAD officials past and present. Interrogations were halted when several key men called for questioning did not appear. Judge Eduardo S?nchez Ort?z asked the nation’s Attorney-General to block three men from leaving the DR: Adelcio Antonio Mart?nez, Luis Manuel Tejeda Fern?ndez and a man identified only as "P?rez V?lquez." Since the start of the investigation the judge has sought and won similar blocks on numerous men, most of them past or current FAD members.Meanwhile the lawyer representing the professor’s family announced yesterday that he is seeking official protection after receiving a number of death threats by telephone.
