NewsWhore
07-31-2009, 03:40 PM
A police sergeant in Azua was killed today after a routine police check led to a shootout.
Sergeant Major Israel Sanchez was in the company of a second officer, when he moved to action after a call from a concerned citizen about suspected drug activity in the area.
When the officers arrived, they were greeted with gunfire, and Sanchez was shot in the head. The remaining officer alerted other police officials, who in turn, shot Santos Matias Beltre and a second, unidentified man.
A third man, Luis Manuel Collado, a rookie cop who was in the company of the drug runners, was arrested for complicity in the events.
A total of 10 packets of cocaine were seized from the scene.
The news once again brings Azua into the front pages in its continual struggles to deal with the high volume of drugs that passes through the region.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)
Sergeant Major Israel Sanchez was in the company of a second officer, when he moved to action after a call from a concerned citizen about suspected drug activity in the area.
When the officers arrived, they were greeted with gunfire, and Sanchez was shot in the head. The remaining officer alerted other police officials, who in turn, shot Santos Matias Beltre and a second, unidentified man.
A third man, Luis Manuel Collado, a rookie cop who was in the company of the drug runners, was arrested for complicity in the events.
A total of 10 packets of cocaine were seized from the scene.
The news once again brings Azua into the front pages in its continual struggles to deal with the high volume of drugs that passes through the region.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)