{"id":118191,"date":"2018-10-31T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=118191"},"modified":"2018-10-31T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:04:03","slug":"prosecutors-say-all-to-be-charged-in-yuniol-ramirez-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/10\/31\/prosecutors-say-all-to-be-charged-in-yuniol-ramirez-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors say all to be charged in Yuniol Ram\u00edrez murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118167\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118167\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Manuel-Rivas-Listin-Diario-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manuel Rivas \/ List\u00edn Diario<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Public Prosecution Service have clarified that they will not withdraw the charges from any of those accused in the case of the murder of lawyer and university professor Yuniol Ram\u00edrez. The Public Prosecution Service said that on the contrary they seek to strengthen the case and present solid evidence to back the charges against the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration was made after the lawyers for the victim\u2019s family complained that the Public Prosecution Service would not be filing charges against the former director of the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA), Manuel Rivas, and others contained in the file. Manuel Rivas is a high-ranking member of the ruling PLD party.<\/p>\n<p>They said that Attorney General Jean Rodr\u00edguez had ordered more specialized prosecutors be involved to strengthen the case and provide more evidence so that a just conclusion would be reached that would punish those involved in the crime just as the family of the victim and society have hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>Those accused are OMSA director Manuel Rivas, Jos\u00e9 Mercado Blanco (El Grande), treasurer of OMSA, colonel Faustino Rosario D\u00edaz. In addition Heidy Carolina Pe\u00f1a, wife of Argenis Contreras, who is accused of being behind the murder and currently is awaiting an extradition order in the United States. Also, Lucas Tob\u00edas Ortega Duarte, V\u00edctor Elizander Ravelo Campos (El Herrero) and Jorge Luis Abreu Fabi\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2018\/10\/30\/539628\/ministerio-publico-dice-no-retirara-acusacion-contra-manuel-rivas-en-caso-yuniol-ramirez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listin Diario<\/a><\/p>\n<p>31 October 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Prosecution Service have clarified that they will not withdraw the charges from any of those accused in the case of the murder of lawyer and university professor Yuniol Ram\u00edrez. The Public Prosecution Service said that on the contrary they seek to strengthen the case and present solid evidence to back the charges against &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/10\/31\/prosecutors-say-all-to-be-charged-in-yuniol-ramirez-murder-case\/\" 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\/118191"}],"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=118191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}