The Police commission in charge of investigating the 29 April murder in Moca that occurred during a political campaign event, sent to justice three members of the security of PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia accusing these of firing at two PLD militants that died during the incident. Included among those sent to justice is a former colonel of the Dominican Air Force. General Manuel Almonte Lluberes, who presided the commission, identified the suspect murderers of Luis Terrero Gil and Antonio Peñaló Hilario as former Air Force colonel Manuel Jesus Figuereo Felix, Benedicto Rivas, and Francisco Enrique Peña Segura. Reports say that Figuereo Feliz is detained in Santiago, Rivas was transferred to the Santo Domingo Police headquarters and an arrest order is out for Peña Segura who has not been located. General Almonte discarded that the bullet marks that the jeep on which PRD presidential candidate Mejía rode were due to an attempt against his life. The Police commission rejected allegations that the PRD security people fired in self-defense. "There were sporadic individual manifestations of citizens making signals contrary to the party," said the police. "In the political effervescence, members of the security fired and later others did so," said General Almonte. Commission members were Colonel Rafael Calderon Efres, regional director of the Central Cibao region; Rafael Bencosme Candelier, director de criminal investigations for the Police; and colonels José Cohén Andújar and Alberto Bienvenido Olivo, as well as Dr. Fermin Casilla Minaya, assistant to the Attorney General. The commission defended the attitude of Colonel Luis Rodriguez Florimón who acted immediately to defend the safety of the presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía when the shootout took place. Regarding the injuries PRSC followers Ramon Leonardo Rodriguez and Carlos Manuel Reynoso suffered on the same day, the commission determined that Francisco Enrique Peña Segura (who appears shooting in a video presented by the PLD) is the principal suspect as well as accomplice Benedicto Rivas Arias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Police commission in charge of investigating the 29 April murder in Moca that occurred during a political campaign event, sent to justice three members of the security of PRD presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia accusing these of firing at two PLD militants that died during the incident. Included among those sent to justice is a … <\/p>\n