A former director of the National Treasury and National Budget offices, Ruben Pena Pichardo, died after choking on an olive on Monday, 9 June 2014.
According to reports, he choked when an olive stuck in his throat. As reported in Listin Diario, he was taken to Hospiten hospital at Av. Alma Mater and Bolivar in Santo Domingo but died shortly afterwards.
Born in Villa Gonzalez, Pena was an economist and a member of the ruling PLD Central Committee and had held several posts.
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2014/6/9/325198/Muere-extesorero-nacional-Ruben-Pena
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