Lawyer accused of helping fugitive

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The attempts to get an officer in the Dominican Navy, Mayobanex Rodriguez Montero, accused of heading up the summary execution of seven Colombians last 4 August in Ojo de Agua, Paya, out of the country, are beginning to have consequences. The National District Prosecutor's Office is accusing lawyer Jose Sime of involvement in these attempts, and will be requesting preventive custody within a few hours. After being consulted by Diario Libre, District Attorney Alejandro Moscoso Segarra revealed that the evidence that his office has indicates that he is one of the people who contributed to Rodriguez Montero's attempt to take a flight to the Turks and Caicos, when he was arrested in Puerto Plata with dyed blond hair and a "Spanish accent." The prosecutor maintains that the lawyer ran the errands needed to get the passport and plane tickets. Sime is defense lawyer for Rodriguez Montero who is in Najayo Jail. According to the investigation, the attempt to get the former naval officer out of the country cost more than US$30,000 for the flight alone. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) Inspection Department asked the full board to fire Valentina Claridania Leonardo Montero, an assistant at the Number 4 Center for Cedulas, because she took the data that was used to change the military status of former first lieutenant Edward Mayobanez Rodriguez Montero, jailed in connection with the Paya case, to civilian status. Leonardo Montero was transferred to the Number 4 Center after the discovery that she requested tips from people wanting the personal identification and voter registration cards. She was denied access to the system as a result. Nevertheless, in order to access the program and change Rodriguez Montero's status she used co-worker Reynaldo Casanova Montero' password. Rodriguez Montero was arrested last 6 November in Puerto Plata as he tried to board a private flight to the Turks and Caicos.

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