La Vega commanders arrested

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National Police chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin has fired and then arrested the officers in command of the police force in La Vega, "for negligent behavior in the pursuit of crime," according to a press release from the Police. Meantime, in Cotui he ordered the 30-day arrest of the commander of that jurisdiction for not taking the police actions necessary to prevent the stopping of traffic on the road that gives access to the Falconbridge Dominicana mining company. Traffic was shut down during a protest by freight carriers in the area. The high ranking officers fired from their posts in La Vega are Colonel Elido Garcia Rodriguez, the commander of the jurisdiction, Nelson Vidal Baez Ubiera, the head of the Investigations Department, and Major Jose Anastasio Brea Roman, the executive officer. The police said that Guzman Fermin would go to La Vega to personally swear in the new officers. Over in Cotui, Colonel Cesar Rafael Pineda Nunez was placed under 30 days arrest for not halting the traffic stoppage on the road that leads to the Falconbridge Dominicana mine, despite the fact that he had prior knowledge of the protest. Guzman Fermin said that he was taking a close look at regional departmental heads, commanders and station chiefs.

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