A police court will try a colonel, a first lieutenant, a private and a corporal for the death of 29-year old student Franklin Fabián Mejía on the grounds of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. The student was killed during riots at the UASD held to protest the announcement that students who did not fulfill minimum academic requirements would be withdrawn from the university. The Police will judge Colonel Jose Rene Valdez Abraham, Lt. Vicente Castro Ortega and corporal Santos Casanova and private David Collado.
