{"id":114071,"date":"2018-07-02T13:28:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=114071"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:28:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:28:30","slug":"bank-robbers-getting-bolder-police-mayor-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/07\/02\/bank-robbers-getting-bolder-police-mayor-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank robbers getting bolder, police mayor dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_114040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114040\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114040\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Police-murdered-Bco-Popular-Diario-Libre-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Diario Libre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Sunday, 1 July 2018, at dawn, Police mayor Mois\u00e9s Montero Amador died from wounds he received when pursuing Banco Popular (Ensanche La Isabelita) bank robbers. Montero Amador was seriously suffered serious injuries in the clash with the assailants during the search of a homej in Vietnam neighborhood in Los Minas in eastern Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>Montero was one of five other policemen that were injured. The other injured police officers are Colonel Manuel Antonio Cabrera Sarita, Lieutenant Colonels Rafael Tapia Rosario and F\u00e9lix Peralta Castillo, as well as Sergeant Biojary Antonio P\u00e9rez Col\u00f3n and Colonel Robert Abreu de Jes\u00fas.<\/p>\n<p>During the confrontation, one of the robbers (identified only as Francis) was detained at the scene and was taken into custody by members of the Criminal Investigation Directorate (DICRIM). The assailant was in possession of a pistol and an M16 caliber rifle, with four cartridges.<\/p>\n<p>What is known is that without bothering to cover their faces, five men had entered a branch of the Banco Popular Dominicano located in Hiper Uno in Esnanche Isabelita, in eastern Santo Domingo on Thursday, 30 June.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesman colonel Frank Felix Dur\u00e1n Mej\u00eda told the press that the M-16 firearm used by the robbers belongs to the Police of Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/noticias\/sucesos\/asaltan-sucursal-del-banco-popular-en-el-ensanche-isabelita-JA10239374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diario Libre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2018\/06\/30\/522150\/dos-policias-en-estado-grave-y-otros-tres-agentes-heridos-en-enfrentamiento-con-asaltantes-del-banco-popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listin Diario<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2018\/07\/01\/522173\/muere-uno-de-los-oficiales-heridos-al-enfrentar-asaltantes-de-sucursal-bancaria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listin Diario<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eldia.com.do\/el-fusil-m-16-utilizado-por-los-asaltantes-pertenece-a-policia-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Dia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/noticias\/sucesos\/video-policia-apresa-a-dos-personas-y-busca-a-tres-por-asalto-al-banco-popular-CG10255362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diario Libre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eldia.com.do\/fallece-el-mayor-montero-amador-quien-fue-herido-ayer-por-uno-de-los-asaltantes-del-banco-popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Dia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/2018\/06\/30\/policia-confirma-5-miembros-heridos-y-uno-lesionado-al-enfrentar-asaltantes-del-popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Caribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 July 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, 1 July 2018, at dawn, Police mayor Mois\u00e9s Montero Amador died from wounds he received when pursuing Banco Popular (Ensanche La Isabelita) bank robbers. Montero Amador was seriously suffered serious injuries in the clash with the assailants during the search of a homej in Vietnam neighborhood in Los Minas in eastern Santo Domingo. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/07\/02\/bank-robbers-getting-bolder-police-mayor-dies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}