{"id":156697,"date":"2021-04-21T06:02:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=156697"},"modified":"2021-04-21T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:50:43","slug":"villa-altagracia-police-commander-marinez-lora-arrested-in-murder-of-two-pastors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/villa-altagracia-police-commander-marinez-lora-arrested-in-murder-of-two-pastors\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Altagracia Police commander Mari\u00f1ez Lora arrested in murder of two pastors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Coronel-Cesar-Marinez-Listin-Diario-e1619016819666.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156740\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General Office ordered the arrest of Police Colonel Cesar Mari\u00f1ez Lora, commander of the Villa Altagracia police contingent. He is incriminated in the case of two pastors murdered by a Villa Altagracia police patrol in a case of mistaken identity. The patrol used weapons that were authorized to Mari\u00f1ez Lora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutor F\u00e1tima S\u00e1nchez Guzm\u00e1n said the colonel is under arrest for his responsibility in the murder of the married couple, 35-year old Eliza Mu\u00f1oz Marte and 37-year old Joel Eusebio D\u00edaz Ferrer. She says the preliminary investigations reveal there is sufficient evidence to incriminate Mari\u00f1ez. Charges will be presented during the hearing for preventive custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari\u00f1ez Lora was the superior of the patrol that murdered the couple on 30 March 2021 when they were inside their vehicle. The couple was returning to Santo Domingo in the evening after participating in a religious activity in Bonao. Two other persons were in the vehicle and survived, including 29-year old Claudio Ram\u00edrez Lamais, who suffered bullet injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari\u00f1ez Lora was arrested and sent to the Ciudad Nueva preventive jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has already obtained one year of preventive imprisonment against Victorino Reyes Navarro (second lieutenant), Domingo Perdomo Reyes (sergeant), as well as corporals Norquis Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez and \u00c1ngel de Los Santos and privates Antony Castro P\u00e9rez and Juan Samuel Ogando Sol\u00eds, members of the police patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of the incident, the couple were traveling along the Duarte highway, at Kilometer 45, together with Ram\u00edrez Lamais and Carlos Jos\u00e9 P\u00e9rez B\u00e1ez, who was unharmed, in a white Kia car, model K5. The police patrol fired at them in violation of all police protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colonel Mar\u00ed\u00f1ez Lora is accused of violating several articles of the Penal Code and Law 631-16 for the Control and Regulation of Weapons, Ammunition and Related Materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari\u00f1ez Lora defends his innocence. He denies having given an order to shoot to his men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/pgr.gob.do\/ministerio-publico-arresta-coronel-marinez-lora-por-el-caso-de-la-pareja-religiosa-que-murio-a-mano-de-una-patrulla-policial-en-villa-altagracia\/\">Attorney General Office<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2021\/04\/21\/666837\/indicios-comprometen-a-coronel-marinez-en-asesinato-jovenes-pastores\">Listin Diario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/lo-que-paso-en-villa-altagracia-segun-el-coronel-marinez-lora\/\">Hoy<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21 April 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Attorney General Office ordered the arrest of Police Colonel Cesar Mari\u00f1ez Lora, commander of the Villa Altagracia police contingent. He is incriminated in the case of two pastors murdered by a Villa Altagracia police patrol in a case of mistaken identity. The patrol used weapons that were authorized to Mari\u00f1ez Lora. Prosecutor F\u00e1tima S\u00e1nchez &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/villa-altagracia-police-commander-marinez-lora-arrested-in-murder-of-two-pastors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156697"}],"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=156697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156744,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156697\/revisions\/156744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}