The director of the National Police, Major General Nelson Peguero Paredes, has denied that there is an institutional policy to persecute members of the Green March Movement.
His denial was in response to the concern expressed by the Bishop of La Vega, Monsignor Antonio Camilo, following the supposed planting of drugs and attacks against those who participate in the Green March meetings. The Bishop cited the latest incident when Antonio Hero Pérez from the Marcha Verde was hit by a vehicle from behind after his participation as a speaker in the Azua march.
His car was completely destroyed and overturned after it was hit repeatedly at 7am on the Sánchez highway between Baní and San Cristóbal. The vehicle that struck him disappeared. Pérez is stable condition at a medical center in the National District with injuries to his head and back. Peguero Paredes denied involvement of the police in the incident.
In a previous Green March in Moca, a video could prove that the police had planted cocaine into one of the organizers of the march.
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El Nuevo Diario
Diario Libre
23 May 2017
